two-tone pigasus

two-tone pigasus

Water soluable relief inks, yellow ocre and burnt umber. 8-]

Pigasus

4"x6"

Finished carving and printed up my Year-of-the-Boar print: Pigasus. 8-]

I may still play around with pastels or watercolors, but the block is done.

More Boar

A couple more hours carving and a little farther along. The fine lines are the Japanese cut-down 1mm v-cut. Very nice. The thicker lines are my smallest Flexcut u-cut micro-tool. Need to get more of those Japanese tools. 8-]

Year-of-the-Boar...finally!

4x6

He's not finished yet, but I thought I'd post a work-in-progress. I had already done the head and wings and general outline, before I broke my wrist, so details and sky are new. I want to work on him today a bit. I'm anxious to finish those clouds. And then work up a ground scene.

Valentine Piglets

I did this monoprint on Monday in class. It's the second piece of art I've done since my wrist was broken. If I rest it on a bridge I can do just fine. I colored it with pastel pencils and nu-pastels. I'm really enjoying these pastels, tho I don't care for fixative. I don't like how it darkens a picture. I'm not sure what else I can do to keep the pastel from flaking off (or attaching to glass in a frame), but I'll see what I can turn up.

I gave this to Bill for Valentine's day. ;-]