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Some coastal scenes..nearly finished

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I’m still busy busy, getting ready for the BCTF (British Craft Trade Fair) at the beginning of April. Too busy to post too it would seem! Here are a few process photos of some views of Port Meirion in Wales. I will be doing some prints of the place itself, because I love it, but I do also love the view away from it, across the estuary with the sand banks and hills in the background. Just a couple of layers to go then I should be done. I realise that some of the colours may look a bit weird, but they will be covered up with the next layer.
I will post much nicer photos when they are finished!

 

 

Boris the Bedlington WIP

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I’m beginning to think that my border collie print was relatively easy compared to this one!

“Oh what fun it would be to do all that curly fur” I thought….  Thank goodness I have a very smooth haired dog to do next.

Close up of third layer

Here are some photos of the progress so far. Admittedly, this does still look a bit strange, and now the red is on there, little Boris seems to be receding somewhat! Luckily I haven’t cut the dog body out of the block yet, so will add some more depth on his chest and head when I do the eyes and nose. Hopefully he will come back to life then! Next step is the brick wall behind him, then the grass and then a bush on one side… I think its going to be about 14 colours in the end!

Tilly Dog finished!

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I started this print way back in October last year but had to put it aside for a while for all the fairs I was doing before xmas. Also, I wanted to take my time over this (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!), as I was quite apprehensive about how to do the ‘shine’ on such black fur. I can’t tell you how long I stared at my dog to gauge the right shade of grey/blue to use under the final very dark blue/black – she did look a bit worried at times!

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Final print

Here are the process photos. I used two blocks, one for the dog and one for the background. There are three colours on each, and as they don’t overlap, drying time was quicker and there is no thick build up of ink which can make the print look quite shiny.
These are still drying, then I have to edition them. When they are done I will put them on my online shop!

(If you hover (your mouse) over the picture, the caption appears).

Cutting out the main ‘dog’ block
Offsetting dog block onto background block
Pale orange/pink on floor and light blue/grey on dog
Cutting out the first floorboard lines, after the first solid colour was printed
The eyes!!! This is the ugly stage!
Dark blue/grey for the ‘shine’

I have an online shop!!! Woo!

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screen-shot-2016-10-24-at-19-27-49Well, finally I have stopped procrastinating long enough to do some research on shopping carts, (my life is SO exciting), only to find out that I can’t embed one on this website/blog. Not to worry though, as it’s the easiest thing to link to another site, and best of all, it appears to be working!

I have (most of) my original prints on there as well as a good selection of greetings cards (including some suitable for Christmas!) and I will be updating as and when I do more prints! Please do have a gander – just click on the picture above and you will be directed to the site. Once there, if you want to return to this blog, just click on ‘return to site’ in the right hand column.

Oh – you thought I’d forgotten didn’t you?  Alright then, go on, have free shipping for all orders for one month, use this code at the checkout – NEWSHOPPOST – and don’t keep it to yourself – tell your friends and family!!

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