Carving a new Linocut – Linoblock…Waratahs

I am currently carving this new linoblock - Waratahs. I am still deciding on the style of hatching I would like to carve on the leaves - so have left the sections that you can see on the leaves at the top of this image as flat raised areas - need to make the decision... Continue Reading →

June 15, 2008 0

In the garden today…Grevillea “peaches and cream”

Grevilleas are lovely in the garden and are a good source of nectar for many of the local native birds. This plant is a more recent addition to our garden but has grown well and has these gorgeous flowers. I have grown many of the plants that I use in my artwork. Although those waratahs... Continue Reading →

June 14, 2008 0

Swamp bloodwood…Corymbia ptychocarpa

There a few of these lovely trees in our area -previously classified as Eucalyptus ptychocarpa but on the re-classification round-about have become Corymbia ptychocarpa. Shame that the linocut I made several years ago is called Eucalyptus... Their common name is Swamp or Spring bloodwood - a Western Australian species. They tend to be an open... Continue Reading →

June 11, 2008 0

Filing…Photo Database

I spent some time over the weekend re-organising workspaces - filing paper files in a new small 2nd hand old grey filing cabinet I picked up on sale (along with a quite comfortable work chair which was also a bargain) - will get around to spray painting it purple in the future - to which... Continue Reading →

June 11, 2008 0

Artists Lino and Linocut design…Thinking outside the square.

Just a quick thought - often we approach design for linocuts with the thought in the back of our mind of the standard sizes of the linoleum blocks - squares of 15cm x 15cm or 30cm x 30cm. So we design accordingly to these 'specifications'. I found it immensely liberating when I bought my first... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2008 0

Artists Linoleum – Lino for Linocuts…Linoprints

I must say there have been a few changes to the artists linoleum used to make linocuts/linoprints over the last 30 years or so. Many people will remember those old hard brown squares of lino we valiantly tried to carve in our high school art classes! Well they have progressed since then...thank goodness!! Below are... Continue Reading →

June 7, 2008 12

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