Cutting the third block and inking up in red….
New print – third block
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New print – second block
This is the second block, cut and ready to print- in a pale blue or grey- to act as a neutral base for the next colours.
New Print – Inked Up
Here is the first block, inked up with a rich dark brown as a base colour and the very lightest areas cut away.
New Print – First Block
The first of four blocks, with the drawing transferred, ready to cut….
New Linocut in Progress
I’m embarking on a new linocut of Kings Cross station, which I love as it’s so run-down and grungy.
Anyway, here is the working drawing….
New work
My new print in progress….
London Bridge Station
Starting a new print today, of London Bridge station – the side to the right, with its huge iron canopy – and it’s therefore likely to be quite complex.
I did a lot of quick drawings standing halfway up the walkway steps, that take you through to the other platforms, and that angle has provided me with an amazing panorama.
Although the finished work will be 70cms x 40 cms, large for a linocut, a lot of the detail will still need to be simplified, or even discarded all together.
I also want a crowd of passengers to be milling around on the main platform, which will bring its own problems – that sort of detail is difficult with the lino as it is generally thought more suitable for broad swathes of colour with simple blocks of composition. Still, a train station with no people has no life so I’m giving it a go.
Anyway, watch this space….
Inspiration for the New Year
I won’t be able to get to the studio until next week and so I’ve been looking through my sketchbooks for inspiration. I like to have some ideas in my head before I go in – it’s too intimidating otherwise and I end up drinking tea and tidying instead….
I quite like the sketches I did in the summer of Ruperts Court in Soho – here are a couple which I’m mulling over.
