This drawing in mixed media made it into one of my sketchbooks that I’m preparing for an unusual event: a sketchbook exchange, initiated by Perth Visual Arts Forum, a group of artists who organise events in Perthshire in order to network local artists with each other and internationally. Continue reading Drawing: mixed media
I like woodblock printing because it incorporates in the printed image the texture of wood grain, adding some unpredictability to the print. After taking a class at Dundee’s DCA I cut this woodblock, using plywood board and various cutting knives together with some standard linocutting tools.
Continue reading Printmaking: woodblock printing
A new mixed media drawing: I’ve always been fascinated by the greenish light that you get when the sun briefly breaks through a sky laden with inky dark rain clouds. So I’ve started trying to capture these colours in a series of drawings. Continue reading Drawing: mixed media
A collagraph combines elements of intaglio and relief printing on one printing plate by adding layers of adhesive or solid material to it. I have used the smooth side of a sheet of hardboard and created an image with glue, acrylic texture medium, carborundum and engraving tools.
Tree Shelter
Speedball waterbased relief ink,
Charbonnel intaglio ink on cartridge paper. 2007
43×48 cm
