Ashdown Forest linocuts, final stage

07 September 2010

Final layer of colour: I used a near-black, mixed from ultramarine, cadmium red, and cadmium yellow, adjusting the proportions to suit the underlying colours.



Ashdown Forest, Looking South.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.




Ashdown Forest, Autumn Morning.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.


The thing that I like about these prints is that I managed to keep the early layers very pale, which improves the contrast with the dark later layers.

The things that I don't like are some not-very-good drawing in places, and too many "Why did I cut that?" moments.

On with the next prints...