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Working out a Linoprint
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Some of you may know that I have a certain interest in linoprints and the different ways and methods of producing them. Recently I’ve done a string of multicolour reduction prints (mostly vehicles) but thought it time for a change.
This project is something quite different for me, and is a completely made up composition so may not be totally correct in certain ways. My intention is to add as many interesting points as possible to the work, and hope I haven’t overdone it! This is the design, which I have drawn out on 50gsm markup paper, then applied graphite on the reverse with a graphite stick, followed by inking over the image which has transferred it to the Lino - which has also been overdrawn with an indelible marker.
Any comments welcome, good or bad (I have thick skin 😀).
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Frank, this is interesting - love the subject and composition, (although my eye is rather drawn to the bank of sloping reeds, the left edge of which is at the centre of the picture - this might look quite different though when you’ve got blocks of black on the finished print). I sometimes find when I draft out an initial design which is quite detailed it looks fine in pencil or pen and ink, but very different when printed and I often end up starting again and simplifying it. You’ve certainly got your work cut out with this one - look forward to seeing the finished print! What size is it?
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by Jenny Harris
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On looking at the sketch Bari, I think the right fish maybe crowding the nearby pelican a little, maybe just needs moving a bit as three of something in a picture tends to look better than two.
Thanks Alan, I keep looking and thinking about how I’m going to do it. There isn’t a focal point to the work, maybe this will make the viewer look around the picture more?
Jenny that clump of reeds far left doesn’t look right I know and think it best to take it out. Also, the bush of rounded leaves behind the second left pelican looks a bit overpowering, though may help the bird to stand out if left dark. This is going to be a mono colour relief print and is A4 in size.
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The test section looks great, Frank. I always use Japanese vinyl - as you say, it's good for fine detail. (The first supply of it I bought was really easy to cut, but rather disappointingly the latest batch I've found harder to cut.) Look forward to seeing the final print!
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by Jenny Harris