Category: My painting
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A look at manually adding colour to an existing etched print.
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Messing around in my sketchbook. The aim was to combine both random and calculated shapes using a reduced colour palette. I like both orientations but…
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I was recently engaged to explore printing on handmade Hemp paper by someone who intends to market this paper for sale. I was given a…
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I’ve been painting acid-free tissue paper – to use when printing – in preparation for a 5 day collagraph course I’m about to attend. I…
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It’s been a stressful week so it seemed like a good time to take a few minutes away from other people to mess about in…
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I noticed how similar my colour palettes were in my two previous pieces so decided to make some adjustments. I also took note of my…
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On day 3 of the challenge I stuck with acrylic paints, as I enjoyed them so much on the first day. After painting this piece…
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Last week two friends and I decided to join a 5 day on-line creative challenge. The basis was supposed to be painting but the ethos…
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I’ve designed a system of recording both the variety of paints & drawing materials I own and the items & colours I intend to use…
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Masks, Stencils & Monoprinting . . . with a bit of painting and drawing. A fairly good result. Perhaps a little less colour in the…
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And now for something completely different. Having been playing with water colour effects on paper recently I considered how they could be combined with my…
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I’ve spent a week playing with water-colour paints, exploring how they can be transferred to print paper outside of the normal landscape or still-life painting…
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In anticipation of a couple of book-binding courses I’ll be teaching in a few months time I’m exploring ways of applying different paints to paper…
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A friend and I got together to continue the mark-making experimentation. I’m building up a good resource of coloured papers for future projects. Some may…
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Having attended a recent paste-papers workshop and had such a good two days I was reminded of the fun of just ‘having a go’ and…
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The notes received in this workshop stated (in part & abbreviated): Pastepapers have been used since at least as early as 1650. They were often…
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The value of experimentation No-one gets it right first time and I’ve a vision in my head that has been difficult to translate into reality.…
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The goal: To turn solid shapes into line drawings, create variations on the theme and translate these into a workable design to print. Stage 1…
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Reflection by Claire B Etched print, oil based inks, on 250gsm BFK Reeves paper, coloured with Inktense pigments. This is the best of the prints…
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Yesterday I went for my second water-colour painting class. What can I say? I’ve done part of an on-line course and last month I did…
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Late last year I started a watercolour on-line course. After 3 lessons I was stuck and my problems were very basic: When do you work…
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LESSON 3: Three colour sky Sample 1: I’ve mixed the correct colours up but not really integrated them into the composition well yet. Sample 2:…
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LESSON 2: Two colour sky 300gsm Medium Arches watercolour paper: Sample 1: Nice sharp edge to the land area considering I haven’t learned how to…
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For a while now I’ve been wanting to add colour to some of my prints. Watercolour seems like a soft colour approach but it’s not…