Category Archives: Printmaking

The Short But Not Too Short Pose

After a couple of short poses at last night’s life drawing group at Swansea Print Workshop, we had this 10 minute pose. I’ve only worked with this model once before and I’m still getting used to her proportions. I’ll be running a weekend linocut course based on Dewi Bowen and Olwyn Pritchard’s book, “Hunting TheContinue reading “The Short But Not Too Short Pose”

Portrait Drawing: Week 13

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop and it’s late, so I’ll just post the first sketches I did, a 1-minute and a 5-minute pose in graphite. And now to bed with a cup of tea and a couple of cats. See you tomorrow. Nos da. I’ll be running a weekend linocut courseContinue reading “Portrait Drawing: Week 13”

Another Drawing To Lino Print

This is the fourth portrait drawing I’ve turned into a linocut print since since I started back at Swansea Print Workshop after a long break (see here). Below is the original sketch with the different stages of the process – carving the block and then inking up with Cranfield SafeWash Relief ink. This model has a veryContinue reading “Another Drawing To Lino Print”

From Drawing To Lino Print

This is the third portrait drawing I’ve turned into a linocut print since since I started back at Swansea Print Workshop after a long break (see here). Below is the original sketch with the different stages of the process – carving the block and then inking up with Cranfield SafeWash Relief ink. COME AND LEARN HOW TOContinue reading “From Drawing To Lino Print”

#Caturday Archives: 39

Here’s a cat sketch from November 2015 of Sparta Puss looking very cross. Nothing new there. She still looks cross. I used a ballpoint pen into a lined notebook. I’ll be running a weekend linocut course based on Dewi Bowen and Olwyn Pritchard’s book, “Hunting The Wild Megalith” on February 28th and March 1st atContinue reading “#Caturday Archives: 39”

Carving the Portrait: 1

Here’s another small block of grey lino that I’m turning into a portrait. The original sketch was done during a life drawing session at Swansea Print Workshop and I’ve traced and reversed it onto the block and started cutting. I’m using traditional lino with Flexcut carving tools and the Flexcut Slipstrop system to keep theContinue reading “Carving the Portrait: 1”

Cornflour And Vinyl

I carved a few small vinyl blocks today, based on my field drawings a few years back when I travelled around South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and film-maker Melvyn Williams. Dewi was researching his book, “Hunting the Wild Megalith“. I used cornflour sprinkled onto the blocks today, to get an idea of the carvingContinue reading “Cornflour And Vinyl”

The Process Of The Portrait: 3

I did a first proof of my new linocut portrait this week. I did as much carving as I thought necessary, following my decision to almost treat the flesh like a geographical feature (see here), and decided to print one to see what I had. I’m not 100% happy with it but I think I’mContinue reading “The Process Of The Portrait: 3”

The Process Of The Portrait: 2

I had to make some decisions today on how I would represent the skin in my portrait. I had cut around the main line drawing, I’ll refine it later, but the question then is do I carve out the main area of skin or not? The model has darker skin so I didn’t want toContinue reading “The Process Of The Portrait: 2”