Hello everyone! I have now finished 'open
access' at University and the printroom is closed until the end of
September! I feel quite bereft... I dream of having my own press...
hopefully one day.... but now it's time to paint.
It has certainly been a busy few weeks, lots of printing
and filling of orders, experimenting with spit bite and soft ground,
travelling up and down to London twice, and watching the City Bumps.
And the sun finally came out!
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| Melanie's Garden - I drew the Agapanthus first and didn't really like it, so I sanded it
down and drew the seedheads on top of the image. This has pushed it
into the background and it's something I am going to develop further I
think. |
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| Drawings from Melanie's garden |
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| Experimenting with colour and two plates. The aim was to learn how to register two plates.. the key is to use a large sheet of paper to trap under the roller and register blocks. All very tricky! |
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| Drypoint in Progress |
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| Spit Bite - not terribly successful, but some nice tones |
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The reason for the London visits was because I got shortlisted for the
'Bite' Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The whole process entailed submitting images online, then waiting to hear if they wanted to see them in reality. Three were pre-selected, which I then had to get framed and carry down to London for them to view. The wait to hear if any of them had been chosen was quite stressful but I am thrilled to tell you that I got two out of my three selected. The exhibition dates are 3rd -15th September with a Private View on the 4th, 6 - 9 pm which of course I shall be going to! I believe that about 220 prints have been chosen out of 1500, so I am more than 'chuffed' to have two of mine included! It's a real honour.
I also sold my painting at the Cambridge Artworks Call for Entries! No wonder I am feeling a little more cheery these days!
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| Cambridge City Bumps - my friend Melanie is fourth away from the cox with her
daughter, Joss is the 'stroke' (next to the cox) Photo by David Ponting. |
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| On the River Cam during Cambridge City Bumps |
4 comments:
Love the direction you are going with your prints, Lynne. Very whimsical but encouraging a longer look at the forms we find in nature. I have been looking a bit at botanical art recently because of "close views" I am planning for my solo show, found a wonderful book of Beatrix Potters botanical drawings!
Congrats on the exhibition.! Hope all is well.
Thanks Deborah, I have been fascinated by the structures of plants for a long time, but didn't want to do serious botanical work.. obviously as this is what has evolved. Stella Ross Craig drawings have really inspired me and confused me with the scale and that has really helped create the rather strange approach! I am not familiar with Beatrix Potters botanical drawings. I will look out for it. Good luck with your solo show. When is it?
Excellent news, getting selected for the Mall Galleries. Well done !!
Thanks Carole, I hope to be coming down to your neck of the woods next week! Will you be out and about painting? Hoping for good weather!
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