Darker grey to darker green gradient. Careful placing of the roller on the plate was necessary to keep the border between the grey and green in the right place.
A dark colour to bring out the details, and finish the print.
A26, Lewes Five stage reduction linocut, approx 13.5 x 10 cm.
It's the view of the River Ouse and the A26 looking south from Chapel Hill (the road up to the golf course) in Lewes, looking south towards the Ouse valley down to Newhaven.
These three pictures are in the Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition at the Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark St, London, SE1 1RU.
The exhibition runs from Monday 30 September to Saturday 12 October, 11 - 5pm (Fridays until 8pm).
House on the Paseo de Marti Havana
Ink on paper, 24 x 30cm. Barkhor Square and the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
Etching, 21 x 30cm. Hemingway's Room, Havana
Ink and watercolour on paper, 10 x 15cm.
Etching lino again, this time trying to make a figurative picture.
I painted a bird shape with varnish, and then etched the block. The solid black in the middle is where the varnish held on, and resisted the caustic soda; the soft gray around the outside is where the block was etched. The white bits within the bird shape are where the varnish didn't resist the caustic soda.
Then I printed the block with a mask over the background.