LINO COMPLETE

I did my last cut on my 'Stormy Meadow' linocut last night. Really didn't turn out as I hoped, but more lessons learned!

WOOD ENGRAVING

My quest to continue learning about printmaking leads me to so many wonderful artists. I was first was introduced to Dave Bruner's fantastic wood engravings through one of McClain's great catalogs (a must for anyone working at the art of printmaking). He creates his engravings on end grain wood blocks and they are a visual delight.

http://www.davebruner.com/

THIRD CUT

Finished the third cut on the reduction linocut. The plan is for two more, one for shadows and one for detail.

SECOND CUT

I finished the second cut on the reduction linocut I'm working on. Now that the clouds have been added, I'll start working on the meadow and trees in the foreground.

I also tried doing a pastel drawing of my grandson. This was prompted by my friend from Lopez Island telling me about a pastel workshop she did. I could only use hard pastels and detail didn't happen.

DREAMS

Off the art subject for a minute...I had a strange dream the other night that was about my wife and me in bed. The strange part was that she was blowing a vuvuzela horn. I'm not sure if that was suppose to mean that she was a fan of what we were doing or if I'm as boring as a soccer game!!

I hope to pull prints from the second cut on the new linocut this afternoon.

STORMY MEADOW

I've started a new landscape reduction linocut and I hope to be able to show each step and color as its printed. I just need to remember to take pictures as it moves along.

NEW AND OLD

I tried a quick monoprint last year using the 'subtractive' technique, something I had not attempted before. My other prints were done by painting (with water soluble ink) onto a sheet of plastic and then printing onto damp paper. This print was done by entirely coating the plastic with etching ink and then bringing out the subject by wiping away parts of the ink.

The other picture post is an acrylic and color pencil painting of my wife's cat that I did a few years ago.