The first finished illustration for my new dummy is now done! I decided to carve the words into the image because they would be pretty easy to remove in photoshop if the text winds up changing. And I like making the text part of the final linocut.
I printed the black space pretty lightly with black oil-based ink. That let me paint over it with blue and purple watercolor to make it more interesting. Here's a close-up where you can see that a little better.
And here's a photo of the finished block right before I printed it. Now on to the next one!
Jill, this turned out so beautifully! I LOVE the colors you used! And its so cool to see the carved block. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Brooke! I was worried that the colors I used were too bright, but I sure do love those bright strong colors. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, this is fantastsic. If you hadn't said I would never have known that this was printed fvrom a carved block.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda I appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteVery awesome! You must have a steady hand.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful and I love seeing the carving. Remarkable.
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