Just over a week ago I went back to Somerset, where I grew up, to take part in the annual Mendip Challenge with an old friend. Thousands of people sign up for a sponsored walk of various lengths across the Mendip hills back to Uphill cricket ground on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare. This is all …
I have now completed my new linocut of the boats and River Axe at Uphill on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare. This is an interesting and peaceful end of the beach, and I’m hoping to do more linocuts of the area – and, hopefully, a series on the Axe itself. You can read the first part …
For the last week or so I’ve been working on a new linocut of the boatyard area of Uphill in Somerset. The scene at Uphill My original hometown is Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. At the far end of the town is the village of Uphill. It is on the coast and has now really been swallowed …
Recently I worked on a sketch of one of the boats here on Hastings beach – turning it into a smallish (approximately A4) colour linocut. Here’s the original sketch:- It was done as a reduction linocut. This means using just one lino block for all the colours. The results are rather unpredictable – especially if …
I wrote about printmaking papers in my series about the various supplies and tools needed for linocut printmaking at home. But since then I have got myself a small press and have been able to try out a few of the heavier printmaking papers. So here’s my humble review of a few papers I have …
I’m working on a couple of linocuts at the moment. One is a large linocut of the Tower of London (pictured above in an early draft). I started this before Christmas with a view to also using it in a design I have in mind. The other is a small linocut of one of the …
Having looked at lino, lino substitute and printmaking inks in previous articles, here’s what I’ve learnt so far about that very important topic – paper. What paper is best? There are a vast range of papers available to try out – and experimenting with different papers is part of the fun of printmaking. Manuals and …
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Over recent years I’ve experimented with both traditional artist’s lino and various vinyl substitutes – so here are my thoughts and I’d be interested to hear what other printmakers think about the different products out there. Traditional lino The product most new linocut printmakers will first come across is likely to be the traditional grey …
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