etchings - trees and shadows

 sketch of trees and shadows - late afternoon long shadows and winter trees

I then used diluted coffee and painted an image (based on this sketch) onto a piece of aluminium plate.   I rolled Baldwin's 'Big Ground' over the top and baked it all in the oven.   Then I put the plate in warm water and rubbed away the ground which was onto of the coffee. See below...

The image revealed on the plate!

Then I placed the plate in a mordant to etch the image into the metal.   See here some plates in the copper sulphate saline solution...

Then I inked up and printed the plates using my etching press.

National Print Archive

 I'm very pleased to have had a print selected by the National Print Council for the National Print Archive and forthcoming exhibition in Scarborough.   More details to follow...


http://printmakerscouncil.com/artist-page/?artist=linda_nevill

Currently exhibiting a woodcut/collagraph at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Gallery, Birmingham until 12 November

At the RBSA opening of the Print Prize Exhibition: 'Our biennial Print Prize exhibition aims to champion and celebrate the exciting range of contemporary printmakers producing original printed artworks within the UK.' 

Open until 12 November 2016.

Sketching willow for a new herbalist book

Out and about in Machynlleth

Drypoint of Cortona - Tuscan hilltop town

Some painting in Italy

 Sketching early evening at Cortona Square

 afternoon sketching

strong colours in Cortona square

Pen and ink sketch of Cortona from hotel

Watercolour sketch from Cortona Square Garibaldi