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Zoe revisited – More masks and backdrawing
For this print I’ve revisited my previous attempt at a backdrawing of Zoe using a photo of her from a few years back. This time, I decided to add some background colour first. I painted three areas of...
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Back to masks: “Mother” monoprint
I’m almost there – almost have all the pieces I need to hand in for my assignment (phew). Looking closely at the requirements for submission, I noticed I was missing some pieces, including a second...
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Inspiration: Carry Akroyd and Robert Gillmor
The other day I had 2 hours to kill in beautiful Aberlady, on the East Lothian coast, while my daughter was in her ballet class. I went for a walk in the sunshine and popped into the lovely...
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Clachtoll cottage
I recently had a holiday in my favourite place on the planet, Clachtoll in Assynt on the NW coast of Scotland. While I was there I made this sketch of “Seaside Cottage” through the window of our...
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Three worlds – abstract monoprint (masks, texture, backdrawing)
I wanted to create an abstract image for one of my project 4 pieces. I generally like designs incorporating circles, so started with the idea of three circles in a row. I made a few exploratory rough...
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Backdrawing from life: Lillies
Backdrawing - lillies Another catch up – I realised I hadn’t done any backdrawings from life, so made an attempt. I decided to draw some lillies growing in a blue container in our garden. After a...
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Assignment1: Monoprints, reflections
At last! Finished the assignment …just a teeny bit late though. It’s obvious I massively overestimated the amount of time I’d have to work on the course, and a lot of other things got in the way, but I...
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Linocut – markmaking
The first project in assignment 2 was to create a range of marks using different tools. Here’s one of the resulting prints (with added row/col markers): Mark making Tools Here are my lino cutting tools...
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Bass rock linocut
Single colour linocut Here the task was to create an print using a single lino cut block, in a single colour. For this I chose an image of a local landmark – the bass rock in the Firth of Forth. Here’s...
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Agate linocut (three-block linocut)
The aim of this project was to create a print from three separate lino blocks. For the subject matter I chose an agate. I wanted to do something a bit more abstract for this one; my tutor encouraged me...
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