Category: LINOCUTS

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Handcolouring Linocuts – Tawny Expressions – first hand coloured drafts

Lyn

For my work I chose to print my linoblocks with one colour – usually black and then hand-colour. The main reason I have made this choice is that for my chosen subject matter, I want to be able by hand-colouring my designs to use graded and blended colours – essentially to use watercolours or occasionally guache not simply as flat colour but in a more painterly fashion. For me is suits the style I have developed and how I want to portray Australian flora and fauna. I use the linocut in black to create a more dramatic structure within to … Continue reading Handcolouring Linocuts – Tawny Expressions – first hand coloured drafts

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Studio Spaces – Print Studio and Working Studio

Lyn

I am very fortunate to have two studio spaces I can work in. I didn’t always have the luxury of these two studio spaces to work, but as the family has been slowly been getting smaller I have been able to spread out a bit. Even the outside shed for printing is relatively recent – previously I took over a section of the garage with my print table and press. This was very difficult trying to keep clean – one of the aspects of getting spot free printing is to have clean surfaces and surroundings so dirt and dust is … Continue reading Studio Spaces – Print Studio and Working Studio

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Design work – value adding with commercial projects

Lyn

As many of you know it is extremely difficult to survive on just income from being an artist. Essentially when people have spare money they will buy work and when money becomes a little more difficult to come by pictures for walls become a luxury. So I have tried to ‘value add’ to me work a little. I have done this largely to this point with quality commercially print wildflower card designs. They allow people the luxury for a small amount of money to have an image of your work – in fact many people who cannot afford the artwork … Continue reading Design work – value adding with commercial projects