We spent some time in Bellingen NSW yesterday.A lovely warm winter's day - and I managed to photograph just a few of the local birds. Think I have identified them correctly but any corrections welcome! This Lewin's Honeyeater - Meliphaga lewinii - was one of many flitting around feeding on nectar from a Eucalypt flowers.... Continue Reading →
We have been busy trying to get our trees under control in our suburban block. It has been a very long time since we tackled this and the trees have got to the stage where we needed to bring them down to a level where we can get some sunlight into the house/yard. There are... 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 →
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 