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 →
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 →
Making mistakes in artworks…art diaries, journals, sketchbooks…
It can be important in developing your arts practice that mistakes are normal and can in fact be quite positive!! In trying to represent the idea we have in our mind and then representing that idea in our chosen media, we can have feelings that range from frustrating to ecstatic (when it actually works!). Many,... Continue Reading →