Delving back to sketches drawn on holiday last summer for this next print and a reworking in mezzotint of a subject that I have already made a linocut of.
Dunstanburgh Castle from Beadnell Harbour.
Mezzotint - 1st State Impression 1.
A bit of tidying up to do. All the white areas need to be burnished back and the sky around the castle needs to be blended back more subtly into the clouds.
My work is representational and naturalistic. I go for a walk with a sketchbook and make drawings of anything that interests me. Then back home in the studio I use the sketches to try and make the best print that I possiby can.
"The artist is also a born adventurer. His explorations, unlike those of the tourist, are rewarded by the discovery of beauty spots unmentioned in the guide books, and with tireless curiosity and an exceptional proneness to wonderment, he will come upon objects of remarkable interest overlooked or even shunned by more disciplined observers."Augustus John, R.A.
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
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