Just a quick update on the girls doing 'The Big Ride' for The Big Issue. Anne and Jo completed a fundraising ride on May 23rd - you can find their blog about this event here. Here is a photo of the participants wearing their new jersey's with my Australian Floral Emblems design on them! Very... Continue Reading →
It is wet windy and cold here at the moment with a 'weather event' looming - according to the weather forecasters. Nice weather for being inside drinking coffee, making winter comfort food and well procrastinating which seems to loom large for me in recent times. I have however managed to complete one set of colour... Continue Reading →
Having finally carved, printed and now coloured this linocut (after working on the original drawing over a year ago and the pre-sketch ideas are over 2 years old!) I finally have finished! I had hand painted the emu first as you can see but it felt a bit empty so added a graded wash of... Continue Reading →
For those with a sense of having seen this before - you have! Unfortunately the link wasn't working to Jo and Anne's website/blog about their fund raising efforts and events so I am re-posting the information - here is the working link now! The Big Ride for the Big Issue They have two events coming... Continue Reading →
As I indicated in yesterdays post I have finally printed some of the numerous unfinished designs that have been sitting around on the 'to do list' for in some cases years! So here are the black and white versions- can't wait for the ink to dry and starting playing with some colour ideas on these... Continue Reading →
Here a few quick tips on getting your linocut block prepared ready for printing. * Before you start carving or printing a linocut block you can gently remove the waterproof coating. Linocut blocks are coated in a waterproof coating - if you place a drop of water on the surface it will bead and not... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 