Michael: Ashdown Forest linocuts, stage 2

Next stage.

A blend from slightly-darker-than-before-blue to dull green.



Already a bit worried about this one; those ferns in the foreground are a bit feeble, though they're not meant to be finished yet.

And this one has a blend from dull green down to warm yellow, which is intended to become the gorse flowers.



But I'm already a bit worried about this one as well. The background hill is a bit wobbly, and what was I thinking about when I cut that light patch out of the foreground? What is it meant to be?

Michael: Ashdown Forest linocuts, stage 1

First stage of two linocuts that I am working on in parallel.





I'm trying hard to keep this important first layer as light as possible. Both images have hills in the background that need to recede.

Liz: Incoming tide at Booby's Bay

Michael: South Downs linocut, final stage

A dark green layer completes the picture. Just finished this in time to show it at the Lewes Artwave exhibition.



Across the Downs. Five stage reduction linocut, 24 x 17 cm.

This is the view from the hill above Wilmington, East Sussex. The "Long Man" is just below, to the right. I'm looking west; the peak on the horizon is Firle Beacon. Just below it, you can see the steeple of Berwick church.

Lynn - A couple of new sculptures for the exhibition in Lewes

Do come to the Hop Gallery, Lewes 28 Aug-12 Sep Sculpture by Lynn Warren and painting by Jane Wateridge

Michael: South Downs linocut, stage 4

Another green blend over the previous layers.



The greens on this layer are mixed from cadmium yellow with ultramarine blue instead of the cobalt that I used on the earlier layers. Ultramarine is warmer than cobalt; warm colours move to the front of the picture plane, increasing the sense of depth.



One more layer to go.