Nice feeling to have completed the course! The assessment parcel is on its way and I’m finalizing works on the blog – some additions were made to improve navigation and hopefully permit assessors to quickly find what they are looking for. It is a bit strange to think that the only way to continue printmaking […]
My idea for project 15, the final project of this course, was to develop a series of prints around tulip flowers. Before making the decision, I also considered cats as a subject, taking into account recent tutor feedback with some encouragement towards this direction. But I wanted to take a subject that would be still […]
Jacques Moiroud is a regular contributor to the Linocut Friends Facebook group. I’ve seen several works over the recent months and admired them for their textural variety. He posted another one today and I decided to study his work a little more. What intrigued me was how he managed to create tonal effects through the […]
I’m trying to get to grips with tutor feedback from the printmaking course as well as recent assessment feedback on the watercolour course. I understood that my blogs are seen as too descriptive. My printmaking tutor pointed out that I should be including more information on my personal journey as an artist. I guess I […]
I came across this young Spanish artist on the Linocut friends facebook group, where he posted images of a recent linocut he made. The linocut explores a graphical subject with a 4-colour C-M-Y-K transparent overprinting technique. I was fascinated by the colour effects and thought I might build on this in the next project. The […]
Sasha Barker: View of Mt. Hood (Multiple colour linocut) – cutting lines and shapes There are coloured areas where white lines appear, and there are white areas with coloured linear elements. This interplay creates a lot of visual interest. I repeatedly found this pattern in linocuts, only recently in two other postings to […]
Andy Warhol (1975): Mick Jagger The first thing that came to mind was an image I had seen recently when I did some research on Andy Warhol’s celebrity portraits. Warhol had made a series of prints of Mick Jagger. I looked them up and found out they’re screenprints. But I think the way Warhol treated […]
I just saw pictures from a collagraph workshop on printmaker Hester Cox’s Facebook page. The prints were made by workshop students and are just lovely. I would have liked to achieve something like this myself. I thought I’d include a reference in my blog to help me improve my collagraphs. Glenda: Beach hut series Glenda: […]
I developed a habit of regularly following up interesting stuff I come across online. Actually, Facebook groups have become the most important source of inspiration for me. I’m a member of several OCA student groups and through this and independent research have found many additional art and artist sites. Through Facebook notifications there’s a constant […]