Liz: almost got one finished...

...nearly.

Michael: More multiple linoblocks

Another, more abstract, image based on Ashdown Forest, realised as a three-block linocut.



The first block is the paler pink (it's actually burnt sienna with lots of white); the second block is the darker pink; and the third block is the black. The "black" it actually black with quite a lot burnt sienna added: pure black is too cold and hard on its own.

Then I tried printing the blocks on coloured paper. The yellow makes the image much warmer.


I liked this, so I experimented a bit more. This time, I used another square of uncut lino to print a plain black background, and then printed the blocks in a different colours:



And then in completely different colours...

Michael: Multiple blocks, multiple colours

The good things about making linocuts with multiple blocks is that you can try multiple colours...


Pink...


and purple...


and green...


and brown...


and yellow.

Then all you have to do is decide which one you like best.

Michael: Multiple block linocut

I've been trying multiple block linocuts; never got them to work satisfactorily before, but that's no reason for not trying again.

This one is printed from three blocks. I cut this block first:



I transferred this block onto the other two blocks, and then cut those. The first block has just the moon cut out.



The second block has some distant hills and a track between the trees.



Then I printed all three blocks together.


Forest moon. Linocut, 10 x 7 cm.

Michael: Happy sheep

Happy sheep!
I've got those hap-hap-happy sheep!
Give them a low-down bleat
And they begin dancing!


Acrylic on canvas, 15 x 15 cm.

Well, somebody had to do it.

Michael: Another collagraph landscape

Another collagraphed landscape, and I'm at last getting somewhere that I want to be.


Approx A4.

Except it isn't really collagraph: there wasn't any sticking. It's printed from strips of foamboard, which has two useful features: the smooth surface makes it easier to print flat even colours; and when you bend it, it creases, breaking up the surface and creating unpredictable textures.

Michael: More collagraph landscape

This is another landscape, made from string and card and tape and paper, printed in white and black inks onto brown kraft paper, and then the sun stencilled on.


Approx A4.

Perhaps collagraph is starting make sense now.