Left to right: Using a 4H Reeves pencil; a Faber Castell Pitt 4B graphite stick: a KohiNoor 2B graphite block. I spent a happy afternoon at Swansea Print Workshop today, doing some direct line monotypes (aka linear, trace). It’s a technique I used to do lots, but haven’t for ages, I don’t know why. I’mContinue reading “A Monotype Afternoon”
Category Archives: Printmaking
Archive: A Collage In Cardiff.
I’m flicking through my archives, this is from 2017 when I went off to Cardiff to work en plein air, in the street in Mill Lane. Unusually for me I decided to work with collage. I don’t find collage particularly intuitive, it’s quite difficult for me as I normally draw everything. But now and againContinue reading “Archive: A Collage In Cardiff.”
Lights And Darks.
I’m doing some drawings for my next lino-print and today I was playing around with composition – just a quick brush and wash sketch to group lights and darks. I need more practice with police helmets!
First Ink.
I love that moment when I roll the first layer of ink onto a new lino block, seeing the image appear out of the light grey surface. It always gives me a thrill. It’s never the same again because when you clean the block at the end of a session, the light grey bits getContinue reading “First Ink.”
A First Proof
I did this first proof from a small lino block that is an experimental detail of a much larger image I am working on for something that’s a secret just yet. I wanted to try out different marks, especially using some of the tools I hardly ever look at. I’m liking the direction this isContinue reading “A First Proof”
A Month Of Maris #15
Here’s an unusual view of a Mari Monotype, it’s all set up before I took the print. I inked an acrylic sheet, did the drawing of the Mari Lwyd onto it with cotton buds and brushes, and then laid some pieces of mulberry paper onto the surface to act as chine collé. This is theContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #15”
A Month Of Maris #13
Another of my Mari Lwyd artworks from the archives that I’m posting up to her night, Hen Galan on January 13th. It’s a reduction monotype that I did back in 2016 from an original drawing in my sketchbook. This one is really menacing.
A Month Of Maris #12
Carrying on with my archival Mari Lwyds, here’s a rare chance to see a copper etching plate, done with Andrew Baldwin‘s B.I.G. technique known as “faux mezzotint” back in 2018, in the time before The Plague.
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
A Happy New Year to you. Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i chi. Here’s my latest Mari Lwyd, a linocut with chine collé using the foil wrapping of the very popular (in the UK) Tunnock’s Tea Cakes. I like the way the stripes of the foil interact with the stripeyness of Mari’s ribbons. She’s a little early,Continue reading “Blwyddyn Newydd Dda”
A Month Of Maris #10
We’re at that time of year when the old Welsh tradition of The Mari Lwyd / Y Fari Lwyd, is awakening from her slumbers ready for her night, Hen Galan, on January 13th – the New Year in the old Gregorian Calendar. This monotype with chine collé is based on a sketch I did when the Ystrad MariContinue reading “A Month Of Maris #10”
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