I've finished the block...
...and have to agree with yesterday's comment that the feathers may now look a bit like leaves!!
But...
...this is a learning curve...
..and we'll see how it turns out...
...when the brown printing ink turns up! :-)
Meantime, I'm doing a couple more sketchbook pages...
...on another church we visited last Saturday...
x C
Showing posts with label Kilpeck Church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kilpeck Church. Show all posts
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Monday, 22 June 2015
The other way 'round...and going further..
I did all the necessaries to reverse my Kilpeck Angel...
...and got it transferred onto a new piece of lino.
But...
...I decided to take this one a bit further...
...and put a lot more detail in.
All the wing-feathers should look more like feathers...
...we'll have to wait and see...
x C
...and got it transferred onto a new piece of lino.
But...
...I decided to take this one a bit further...
...and put a lot more detail in.
All the wing-feathers should look more like feathers...
...we'll have to wait and see...
x C
Thursday, 18 June 2015
Kilpeck Angel...in print!
You'll remember that I showed a few pages from my new sketchbook...
...with drawings of carvings from around the south doorway at Kilpeck.
Well...
...I decided to excavate and dust off my lino carving tools...
...and make a start on a series of print blocks to use in some mixed-media collages.
Here's how it went...
Sketchbook page scanned and cropped.
Transferred onto lino using handwriting carbon paper.
Marked over with a Sharpie ready for carving.
Taking the plunge!!
Nearly there...
Done!!
First pull.
How it compares with the sketchbook page.
And the next one will be "flipped" so that the image comes out the right way around!1 :-o
Ooooops!!
....after all these years...
...it's good to know we can STILL get things wrong!! :-)))))
x C
...with drawings of carvings from around the south doorway at Kilpeck.
Well...
...I decided to excavate and dust off my lino carving tools...
...and make a start on a series of print blocks to use in some mixed-media collages.
Here's how it went...
Sketchbook page scanned and cropped.
Transferred onto lino using handwriting carbon paper.
Marked over with a Sharpie ready for carving.
Taking the plunge!!
Nearly there...
Done!!
First pull.
How it compares with the sketchbook page.
And the next one will be "flipped" so that the image comes out the right way around!1 :-o
Ooooops!!
....after all these years...
...it's good to know we can STILL get things wrong!! :-)))))
x C
Sunday, 14 June 2015
A title and two pages....
It always feels sooooooooooooo good to get the first bits done in a new sketchbook!!
I find that I spend ages and ages faffing around sorting the pages...
...accumulating images...
...bringing out all the materials I want to use...
etc...etc...etc...
...and then it takes me days to actually get the first marks done inside!!
But...
...'tis done!!
...and here is the evidence sitting on my desk this morning :-)
Inside "title" page...
Page 1 (from around the south doorway - Kilpeck)
Page 2 (top of arch - south doorway - Kilpeck)
Fancy having a go at some "Beakheads" next.....
Have a great Sunday...
x C
I find that I spend ages and ages faffing around sorting the pages...
...accumulating images...
...bringing out all the materials I want to use...
etc...etc...etc...
...and then it takes me days to actually get the first marks done inside!!
But...
...'tis done!!
...and here is the evidence sitting on my desk this morning :-)
Inside "title" page...
Page 1 (from around the south doorway - Kilpeck)
Page 2 (top of arch - south doorway - Kilpeck)
Fancy having a go at some "Beakheads" next.....
Have a great Sunday...
x C
Monday, 27 April 2015
A glorious weekend of Fields...Fotos ... Flies...and fleecy-things!!
The sun was out...
...and it was warm enough to pootle around without the need of a jacket...
...so pootle we did.
Saturday took us to Kilpeck church in Herefordshire...
...for more photos for my ever-growing "Medieval" passion.
Look at the magnificent carvings!!
After having a picnic lunch in the car we wiggled up the Olchon Valley and ended up in Hay-on-Wye..
...where I managed to find a couple of books (in Greek and Arabic) to use for collage in my cruise samples. Yey!
Sunday was an National Garden Scheme day at the Glanusk Estate...
...amid the most beautiful surroundings ...
Among some of the displays were these amazingly gorgeous flies...
...tied by Stuart Jarvis.
I personally have no desire to stand on the banks of the river trying to catch fish...
...but I could stare at these little tins all day!
Before going home we spent a pleasant hour at Tretower Court and Castle...
...
...where I was able to welcome this little fella into the world with a "Hello you!!" :-)
Oh Happy Days!!
x C
...and it was warm enough to pootle around without the need of a jacket...
...so pootle we did.
Saturday took us to Kilpeck church in Herefordshire...
...for more photos for my ever-growing "Medieval" passion.
Look at the magnificent carvings!!
After having a picnic lunch in the car we wiggled up the Olchon Valley and ended up in Hay-on-Wye..
...where I managed to find a couple of books (in Greek and Arabic) to use for collage in my cruise samples. Yey!
Sunday was an National Garden Scheme day at the Glanusk Estate...
...amid the most beautiful surroundings ...
Among some of the displays were these amazingly gorgeous flies...
...tied by Stuart Jarvis.
I personally have no desire to stand on the banks of the river trying to catch fish...
...but I could stare at these little tins all day!
Before going home we spent a pleasant hour at Tretower Court and Castle...
...
...where I was able to welcome this little fella into the world with a "Hello you!!" :-)
Oh Happy Days!!
x C
Labels:
carvings,
fields,
Glanusk Estate,
hello you!,
Kilpeck Church,
medieval,
Tretower
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