A bit too ambitious ?

I'm not too confident that linocut is perhaps the best medium for the next subject. So having said that and not wanting to waste a piece of lino on what might be an unsatisfactory result, I'm working quite small about 180mm x 120mm. However now that I have started, it might have been easier to work a little bit bigger! First colour is a pale blue with a few highlights cut out.
I forgot to scan the next colour after I printed it but this is the colour printed on its own.

Next stage is a blend of brownish orange and brownish grey, and the subject is fairly apparent. It doesn't look much printed on its own.

These are the first four colours printed together. So far so good.

Snowdrops

Fair Maids of February

4 Colour Reduction Linocut. 180mm x 118mm. Edition of 8.

Finished the Snowdrop print and in only four colours. I deliberately kept this much simpler in both design and the number of colours used. The next print on the way is something much more complicated. The title comes from an old country name for the flower.

Snowdrops Colour 3

Only one more colour to go. Should have it finished to post the final print tomorrow.

Snowdrops Colour 2

I am deliberately trying to keep this print much simpler in both design and execution than in previous ones. I've printed the second colour and now all is becoming clearer, only two more colours to go, a darker green and then a final dark for the background. The ghost of a drawing on the print is from the chinagraph pencil that I drew the image onto the block with. That should disappear after the next colour is printed.

Ferens Art Gallery Open Art Exhibition

I received word in todays post that all 3 of my submissions to the Ferens Open Exhibition in Hull have been accepted by the selection committee. This was a big surprise it's a prestigious exhibition and very competitive with a lot of artwork submitted. I would have been delighted to get just one of the pieces accepted.

The three works are shown below. Two of them have previously appeared in the blog but the first of them below I haven't posted before. It's based on a collection of shells and pebbles picked up by my children and heavily influenced by Sherrie York's work over at Brush and Baren. Follow the link on the right to see more of her outstanding prints.


Beachcombings. 8 colour reduction linocut. 120mm x 180mm.

Safely Ashore-Hornsea. 5 colour reduction linocut. 150mm x 240mm.

SH218 on the Coble Landing Filey. 10 colour reduction linocut. 181mm x 270mm.

Endings and Beginings

Rose Hips and Snow Shadows.
7 Colour Reduction Linocut. 180mm x 270mm.

With a burst of productivity I printed the final colour on the Rose hip print and then started the next one. After looking back to winter, the next print looks forward in anticipation of the coming spring.

I expect you can guess where we are going with this print. In 3 more colours it will be finished.

Almost Finished

Dark green printed and only a final dark to go now.

Colour 5

Finally two spots of colour to provide a point of interest. Only two more colours to go now.