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abbotalefan

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Hello all

Have been a long-time lurker in this forum, enjoying viewing all the output of its talented contributors. Decided it was time to add my contribution!

I enjoy using line and wash, but my current obsession is linocut printmaking - it's totally addictive. Here are a couple of my recent efforts...

First is a one-colour linocut, long-tailed tits, printed area about 6 by 8 inches on Zerkall 210gsm paper. The other one is a little egret and is a reduction linocut, 6 by 8 inches again.

Hope you like 'em!
 

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Nice one Sharon! I particularly like the egret - a strikingly effective combination of design & colours. I've been intending to get to grips with lino-printing myself but can't pluck up the courage to have a go. Any tips for an aspiring 'printer'?

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Thanks for the feedback:t:

Len, I'd just say have a go. I signed up for a printmaking course at my local college, but it never ran cos there wasn't enough interest. So I just did my own thing anyway. I bought this book, which I found useful, and these lino cutting tools, which are cheap enough to just have a go with to see how you like the whole process. I use the back of a wooden spoon to burnish, and at the moment I'm using a 'soft-cut' type lino, but lino floor tiles from the local DIY place are just as good (I'm still trying different stuff out!). Hope this is helpful!
 
Thanks Arthur, appreciated!

Another couple from the archive...

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Ink and watercolour, quarter sheet

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Reduction linocut, printed area 4 by 6 inches
 
Very belated Happy New Year to you all!

Some more birdy art from me...

The pencil drawing is of a sadly expired long-tailed tit, drawn from life, and the other two pages are biro sketches of goldfinches, from photos I took a few years back.

Off to have a look at what everyone's been up to:t:
 

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I enjoyed my hour doing the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch yesterday morning. My highlight was a flock of 11 goldfinches, up in the top of the tree at the bottom of the garden. Inspiration to get the brushes wet... Ink and watercolour, 5 by 7"
 

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Thanks for the comments, you guys are lovely:t:

Here's a biro drawing from my own ref, very much inspired by this forum's Paschalis Dougalis (spizaetos).
 

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I have treated myself to a baby etching press (it's really small!), so I've been having a go at some drypoint; this one is with chine colle (fancy French term meaning 'stuck-on tissue paper'!)

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This is the first print, nice crisp lines

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And this is the last print of six, lines less crisp! Also it shows the variation in tone that you can get depending on how much ink you wipe from the plate before putting it through the press. I used acetate film here as a plate, and scratched the image in with a drypoint tool (big sharp pointy needle...)

Hope you like these; I'm having fun with this technique!
 
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