Tag Archives: lino cuts

A Pensive Pose

Last week at life drawing group I really enjoyed drawing this 30-minute pose. The model looks quite pensive but I think that’s just how he looks when he’s holding a pose for half an hour – it’s not easy being a life model. I spent a lot of the time working on his face, analysingContinue reading “A Pensive Pose”

An Artist In Residence

I have just started an artist residency at Urban HQ in Swansea. It’s a creative hub and café on the site of the old Police Station. I’ll be there throughout April, working on my linocut projects in the little gallery space by the Orchard Street entrance. As the month goes by, I’ll be exhibiting workContinue reading “An Artist In Residence”

Blooded!

I guarantee that whenever I cut a block – lino, wood or vinyl – I will stab myself with one of my sharp tools and bleed on it! I blooded this block today, just as I was finishing carving it as well. I based this on an original drawing I did from life. I haveContinue reading “Blooded!”

Models vs Others Following on from yesterdays post, I was talking about the difference between working with professional models and other people. Most are fine with sitting for a portrait sketch and are happy with the results, but there are some who find it hard to accept what they see. A few people want toContinue reading

These Three In North Wales

I recently posted about the Miniprint Cymru exhibition in Mostyn (gallery) in Llandudno, North Wales (see here) and here are the three linocuts I have on show there. They’re each 10 x 10 cm (about 4 x 4 inches). The top one, “Should Bill Get Some Bacon” is printed using the chine collé technique toContinue reading “These Three In North Wales”

Miniprints In Mostyn

I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition which has now travelled to Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales. It opened yesterday (14th March) and continues until May 2nd. There are 270 original prints of all kinds – silkscreen, etching, drypoint, collagraph, linocut, woodblock, monotype, letterpress and cyanotype – the whole range ofContinue reading “Miniprints In Mostyn”

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”

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”