Currently working on…Tawny Frogmouth Illustration & New Zealand Wildflowers Linocut…

I am currently working on 2 projects. The first is a continuation of some fauna illustration work – it is a Tawny Frogmouth. After drawing it up lightly on watercolour paper I added some light underwashes of colour with watercolour. I have then been slowly working using a rotring pen with black ink with tiny… Continue Reading →

April 8, 2008 2

New Zealand Wildflowers – The designing process

All artists will work differently but following is the process I usually use in designing my linoprints. Basically the process that I have for designing new linoprints involves a lot of pre-designing ‘thinking’. I take all my own source photos so the first step involves taking many photos of the subject in all its different… Continue Reading →

January 11, 2008 13

New Zealand Wildflowers

I visited New Zealand last November to see my son. So I couldn’t help it I just had to visit all the local New Zealand wildflowers I could find! Of course I then had to photograph them – much to my families frustration, although they should be used to this by now. As a result… Continue Reading →

January 10, 2008 0

Lino carving methods – carving tools and blades

These are the 4 main sizes of blades I use to carve my linoblocks – they are known as ‘V’ gauges and are blades designed to push away from you whilst you carve. There are other blades known as ‘pull’ blades designed to pull towards you as you carve – I have never used these…. Continue Reading →

October 27, 2010 0

Waiting for oil based ink to dry … and Handpainting Linocuts

I am still waiting for the commissioned linocut print’s oil based ink I use for printing my linocuts, to dry….I’m sure you all know of waiting on paint to dry…it sometimes, depending on the weather, takes days. Fortunately with printmaking we are using thin even layers (well hopefully – many a print has been discarded… Continue Reading →

May 9, 2008 3

Linocuts…in the studio today…

Today I have been working on the fourth of a series of about 12 linocuts. This is a brown lino – not sure of its name – it carves easily but it can crumble more around the edges which can be frustrating. I had always used the grey silkcut lino but they kept changing the… Continue Reading →

April 27, 2008 0

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