When I did this sketch of Llyn Ogwen whilst on holiday a few years ago.. I had it in the back of my mind that it would make a good linocut. Over the years since I've looked at it but never been able to come up with a way to satisfactorily work it out as a block print. I came to the conclusion that atmospherically it needed to be a mezzotint but again was unsure of how to go about it. Enlightenment arrived in the form of a book on the work of the Welsh artist Kyffin Williams, which I received as a Christmas present. Looking at the work in the book, especially the ink and wash sketches gave me the inspiration for a starting point. So looking again at my initial watercolour field study I made this monochrome wash drawing.
Now I had a tonal painting that I could use as the basis for my mezzotint.
I scanned the image, reversed it and printed it out, using this to transfer it to the 200mm x 300mm copper plate.
and began the engraving.
