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Tag Archives: Print1-Sketchbook
Print 1. Project 15: Design 3
Woodblock & chine collé – design for a beach bag. I’m very excited about this design. My aim is to produce a single colour print ‘Margaret Preston’ style with a border and include chine collé instead of her hand-painted technique. … Continue reading
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Print 1. Project 15: Design 2
Beach towel design: Reduction lino print. It was a beautiful day at the beach and I spotted a man stretching just before going to surf. The sea looked way too calm to me but, hey, what do I know? I … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 15: Design 1
Beach-wear and accessory brand: Combined lino & monoprint. Whilst at Cronulla with my camera last week I wasn’t just aware of my generalised surroundings and scenery, I was also people-watching. One things that struck me is how popular Billabong brand … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 13: Design & proof lino prints
After my ‘freeing’ experience in the woodcutting and painting workshop last week I decided to get out my rarely used Brusho paints and try to roughly produce some images of horses. This was to be a quick exercise, with no … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 13: Sketchbook & design work
Trains were my first thought. I like the idea of a track disappearing into the distance, but the work I did here really didn’t thrill me. I then moved to trams but quickly realised the difficulty in drawing them. Effective … Continue reading
Still life painting class
To increase confidence and awareness of colour, drawing and painting I attended my first ever acrylic painting class, entitled ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS – Still Life Painting. It felt about my level, and was. Don’t you hate it when you attend something … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 12: Exploring colour choices
Having made the print plate I’m in a bit of a quandary about how to print it. Monochrome seems pretty boring but could also be effective if I can work the tones well. If I want to try this I … Continue reading
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Tagged colour mixing, Print1-Experimentation, Print1-P12, Print1-Sketchbook
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Print 1. Project 12: Representational collatype collage prints
Creating a design The aim is to produce a coherent representational collagraphic image using some of the techniques learned in project 11. I’ve spent the last 2 weeks considering my subject matter and design. My start point came from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Collagraphs, Grace Bentley-Scheck, Print1-P12, Print1-Sketchbook
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Print 1: Recent sketchbook work (during assignment 3)
Using the design from project 8 as my start point continued to develop the concept. I ‘drew’ the outlined shape with a glue gun on to paper. Hand-dyed fabric was inserted in some areas and metallic wax was applied … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 10: To panic or not?
According to my own work schedule I’m vastly overdue with this assignment and I’m getting a little panicky as this will have a knock-on effect as I continue to the next part of the course. So I have a couple … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 9: Designing using experimental marks
This project doesn’t actually ask us to create a design using some of the experimental tools we’ve been using on lino, however it does ask us to speculate in what circumstances these random marks might be useful. I decided to … Continue reading
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Tagged Linocuts, Print1-Experimentation, Print1-P9, Print1-Sketchbook
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Print 1. Project 8: Finalising the design
Reduction lino printing: Working through design & colour placement ideas. In Assignment 4 of Exploring Ideas I discovered the wonderful designs of the 1950’s, in particular Lucienne Day and Jacqueline Groag. I was immediately taken with their design ideas as … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 8: Choosing a design
Reduction lino printing: Design progression and sketchbook work. I’ve always loved this feature tile in our renovated bathroom. Above on the left is the actual colour but on the right I’ve played with it in Photoshop to add more tonal … Continue reading
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Print 1. Further sketchbook work within Assignment 2
Project 7 – working on the Hobbit house image. Original photo, detailed drawing and first stage of simplification. Final detailed image. Separating the colour layers with black outline ready for tracing: After printing the first layer, this idea was abandoned. … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 7: A new start
A lot has happened since the preparation for this project back in January (post here) and I’ve started my design again from scratch. I’ll go back and revisit the Hobbit house image later perhaps. I’ve reverted to one of my … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 7: Preparation
Preparation & design choice This project involves multi-block lino printing. I spent a little time researching images and analyzing possible methods and order of work. The weekend AFR reviewed Cookery Postcards from Penguin: One Hundred Cookbook Covers in One Box, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Kutz, Gail Brodholt, Hobbiton, lino print, Mark Hearld, Print1-P7, Print1-Sketchbook, Tony Coleing
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Print 1. Project 6: Sketchbook, shell linoprint.
Everyone draws shells. It feels like a beginner project and something that every hand holding a pencil has to have a go at. I know many of my friends have drawn some wonderful examples, but not me. It’s a demonstration … Continue reading
Print 1. Project 6: Single colour linocut – Shoe
Working from this drawing I made a few months ago my aim was to translate it into a single colour linocut whilst maintaining as much detail as possible. The questions I started with were: Can I create a dimensional image … Continue reading
Print 1. Assignment 1: Sketchbook work
Some sketchbook work within this period. A friend was critiquing Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, so I had a look at some of his work as well. I had a few days away in Vietnam. I liked the lacquer bowls I saw … Continue reading
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