Having finally carved, printed and now coloured this linocut (after working on the original drawing over a year ago and the pre-sketch ideas over 2 years) I finally have finished!

I had hand painted the emu above as you can see but it felt a bit empty so added a graded wash of ‘Australian Red Gold’ which I am quite pleased with.

I must say this one of my favourite watercolour pigments as it just seems to have a glow about it.  I think the background colour can make a huge difference to any work and often it may take several tries to create the effect you want. So now it is a matter of completing the edition of this design.

Copyright – Lynette Weir