Thursday, December 18, 2008

2008 Xmas Card Woodcut


Ta-da! Here it is. The 2008 xmas card. This is a scan of the card itself, which we had printed up of Vista Print. I like the blue it came out.
It's pretty much what I envisioned it to be, a wintery scene with the Schuyler House castle in the background. I call it The Horse Knows the Way.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Horse Knows the Way -- Print



Horse Knows the Way, thalo blue w/ a dab of red.




Mirror scan of block -- faux print (curious -- comes out darker, but more or less the same woodcut marks as the print).


I'm wondering now. Would the mirror scan of the block copy better for the xmas cards than the actual print? But I do want it in blue, not black. Hmm. Also the print is a little lighter (and has the natural uneveness of a print -- well, my print anyway). ;-j

This is really new for me, so much white space on a block. I like it, but it was hard to make myself do it (not to mention using tiny tools to do it with). ;-j

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Sleigh Block -- Nearly There


The block so far


Mirror image faux print

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Sleigh -- Scan Block



Back to work on the sleigh after the turkey day holiday. It'll be there soon, maybe this week. Tempus is fugiting.