A bit of a frustrating morning trying to track down among my packed up studio contents, where I'd put the notes, sketchbooks and materials from previous weeks printmaking class. I also spent some time selecting images that might work well for lino cutting this week. So I should have been a bit miffed that when I arrived at class, that the tutor set me and a couple of others doing collagraphs instead . I was delighted however as although I was prepared to do lino again, I had specifically expressed an interest in this technique. Had a fine time with torn bits of masking tape, scrim, foil, tissue and lots of PVA ( my fingers were very sticky by the end of it). Photos above and below are before applying the shellac, based on a sketch and photo I had with me of Fleet mudflats . They should be nicely dry for the next session in 2 weeks time, can't wait to see the results once inked up.
This first session was devoted to mark- making mainly with charcoal and ink . My easel was already liberally coated with charcoal dust ( and I'd come prepared dressed in black t shirt and jeans) so I got stuck in with gusto. We folded a large sheet of paper into 16 and did studies of a variety of items, concentrating on trying to express their texture while making each study as different as possible in terms of marks. We stopped regularly to turn the easels round and look at each others work. Amazing variety but also could soon see the development of peoples specific 'handwriting' and vocabulary. There were several sculptors and their style was quite distinctive in building up of form. The feeling of landscape was picked up from my work, perhaps because most of the objects I chose were organic
ceramic pitted jar - rubbed charcoal with eraser
bone - charcoal
wooden spoon - charcoal, white chalk and eraser
wooden spoon - pencil
resin block - charcoal
Wood - ink
Wood - ink, white chalk
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