Hello friends, let me share with you my latest linocut. It took 3 hours to cut out. It is in a size of A3.
I was searching for some interesting photo and found this nice heron couple building a nest. I really love the composition and the theme. First I wanted to paint in in watercolors, but I realised linocut would be also a good choice. So I turned the photo into black and white to see it better and started to draw.
original photography
The process
First I drew the picture on a paper and cut it out. It is easier to have a pattern, because I draw with a pen on a lino.
After drawing the outlines I added some details too.
... and I started with cutting. I used cheap cutting tool with three extensions.
I was not sure about the background, so I came up with it when I was cutting. I wanted to create a moon behind the birds, but it seemd to me too ordinary. So I made it a little more interesting.
There were some bigger white spots, but the lino is too soft, so I had to cut the whole areas out.
Now the printing. I dont have a press machine, so I used feet :D
And my favourite part. It is probably the most interesting thing about printing when you can see for the first time what have you created.
I used different ink colors and also different oclored papers.
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