Posted by Suzie on Oct 31, 2009 in
Diary 
Lady in Blue Mantle
Here we have another sketchbook image done in the same layered technique of acrylic and pastel. I produced the image about a year ago in graphite and it has just sat there in my book which I was flicking through earlier. It just seemed to shout out “Paint Me!!”, and so I obeyed. I think it’s made an improvement upon the original drawing, but just wish I had photographed it before paint to show you. N’mind!
Tags: acrylic, lady, mantle, painting, Pastel
Posted by Suzie on Oct 16, 2009 in
Diary 
Naive Flowers - Lino Cut
Yes, I thought I’d try my hand at Lino Cutting which is something I haven’t had a go at since I was in school. In fact, the piece of lino I used was something which had been kicking about in one of my materials folder since I was at school – so I guess I liberated it!! The background is made of rollered oil paint but I did use printing ink on top. I do remember using a great big heavy press which I don’t have the luxury of using here, so pressing the design across was a process made up of pushy scrapey things and brut-force!! In the end though, I got some nice solid colour, albeit a little embossed looking!! I quite like it that way actually!
Coming soon………I am about to create some greetings cards!! Keep an eye out!!
Tags: cut, ink, lino, oil, printing
