SHE DOES IT ALL

Belinda Del Pesco is an artist that I love to follow. She works in art areas that I find so exciting. At any given time you can see fun monotypes, collagraphs, woodcuts plus great watercolor paintings.

http://belindadelpesco.blogspot.com/2011/11/monotype-monterey-retreat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BelindaDelPescoFineArtBlog+%28Belinda+Del+Pesco+Fine+Art+Blog%29

The link above is to a good monotype lesson she recently posted.

TWO FAVORITES

Not being very good in the watercolor department has not lessened my love of the art. My time is always well spent visiting websites of great watercolor artists. Belinda Del Pesco always has wonderful paintings to share like the this one of her cat.

Sterling Edwards is a self taught artist that has written books and produced DVDs on his beautiful watercolor techniques.

http://belindadelpesco.blogspot.com/

http://www.sterlingedwards.com/index.html

COLLOGRAPH EFFORT

In my last post I talked about all of the techniques that can be found on other people's blogs. There is a wealth of information (and motivation) out there in cyberspace. Reading about their experiences, both positive and negative, is eye opening for me. I can remember studying many of the techniques in college, but that was a long time ago. Now they seem fresh and new to me. Belinda Del Pesco showed how she gets some beautiful results doing glue collographs. She draws her subject on old mat board, then applies glue to the drawing to raise the surface for the ink. Once the glue is dry, she seals the board so it can be used more than once. The actual printing is both relief and intaglio as she paints color onto the entire plate, then uses a brayer to add the darkest ink to the raised surface.

Above is a proof and the plate from my first attempt. Okay, I said it was my first attempt. To see how they should look, visit Belinda's site.

OTHER PRINTMAKERS

A few months ago I found Belinda Del Pesco's website and now visit it often. She creates beautiful art in a variety of styles. One of her posts talked about an artist named Barry Moser. He is a well known painter, printmaker, illustrator and teacher. The illustrations he has done for children's books have won numerous awards. All of his art is fantastic but it is his woodblock prints that I find so stunning. Beautiful detail and composition.

http://belindadelpesco.blogspot.com/

http://www.moser-pennyroyal.com/moser-pennyroyal/Blank.html