Lino Printed Moleskine Tester

Testing lino printing on moleskine notebooks. It’s not perfect, but any tips or feedback would be appreciated! Also, sorry for terrible photo!

Card Designs

Two birthday cards I created for my mum (left) and my brother (right). Got to get started on a card for my dad now! Both done in pen and ink.

I'm baaackk...

An update!

I know, I'm rubbish, I've not updated this blog in a while. Unfortunately, blogger hasn't been working too well on my laptop or phone recently, but I appear to have fixed the problem so it's update time :)

Here's the finished illustration, which is now available in my society6 shop here, if anyone is interested!

More to come shortly.

Frozen Planet

                          A work in progress. :)

                         Emulsion, acrylic and ink on wood/board.

A Whale.

I had a painting materials and techniques lecture this morning and it made me feel like painting. So I painted a whale. :)

An update on a WIP.

An update of sorts on a piece I started a few months back, think I posted an early WIP pic.Still a WIP, but getting less and less of a WIP every time I mess with it. I think the lines need to go, just not working with the rest of it.

Stress relief.

Done whilst very very stressed. I forgot I knew how to art. 

Watercolours, water soluble wax pastel, ink and a teeny bit of pencil. 

More soon, had a productive week.

Bits of previous printmaking.

Above: Etching practice piece.

Below: "Traces", Final etching.

From 2010/11. I love etching. <3 

Lino print practice

 

I recently got some lino printing equipment for doing more printmaking at home, and here are the not so brilliant results of my first attempts in my sketchbook. They're both kinda patchy, but I think that's cuz the ink was a bit thick and i don't have a press, so had to use a wooden spoon to rub the back (how pro). I used plain old black ink for my first try which is kinda boring but oh well! 

Sketchbook rubbish.

Just a bit of sketchbook rubbish for you. All pen and pencil.

Fail.

Did this a while ago and just found it- pen and cartridge paper. Nothing too exciting. 

Just working on some pen and ink stuff, and some digital stuff. Should be up in a little while, plus some more sketchbook rubbish <3

Sketchbook rubbish and lots of seamonsters.

All done in pen, acrylic ink, gouache, acrylic paint, emulsion paint and watercolours. Woo!

It's been a while... I've been back at uni for the last 4 weeks or so, and am really getting into the habit of drawing daily. These last few days, I've reclaimed an old moleskine of mine that I'd started, trashed then abandoned in a fit of rage (I have a habit of doing that). I've decided I'm going to aim to do at least an hour of drawing a day every day, and to actually fill a sketchbook right to the end, instead of moving on halfway to a new one. I have always liked how a full sketchbook felt, but somehow, I've never been able to achieve it myself very often. But I want to try and change that. These are just a few pages in my moleskine that I've filled up since yesterday- I've got a bit of a thing for sea monsters at the moment. I drew an A2 squidmonster thing in ink and pen last week whilst visiting the boyfriend (a question I keep asking myself is why on earth my boyfriend inspires me to draw squids or seamonsters, as this isn't the first time I've drawn them at his, and he hates fish and seafood... interesting.), and since then I've kinda been on a roll with it. I'm currently considering painting the first image on the second page onto a board of mdf (did I mention that I've gotten a lot of mdf and have been painting on it? No, probably not... well I have. It's fun, I like it.)

Anyway, another thing I'm vowing to do is mix more media- I use ink too much, so it's time to crack on with learning to cope with paint a bit better I think. Anyone who knows me well enough knows I hate paint, but a fair few of you might not, so I'm telling you now: I hate paint. I hate it so much, I can't stand it. I mean, I'm ok with watercolour because it behaves more like ink, but give me oil or acrylic or gouache and I quickly find myself wanting to stab my eyes out with the wooden end of my paintbrush. So yes, I've been using lots of paint these last few days, and I'm actually enjoying it for the first time in several years. I've been mixing it with ink, pen and pencil, and I'm quite satisfied I'm getting better at it. So yes. 

Things on my list to try: pyrography, and screen printing.

Here's an A2 seamonster-squid thing in ink.

Also, say hello to my feet in my lovely new socks. 

Underwater- Almost finished.

Nearly done, spent the last 6 hours staring at photoshop and illustrator, got a major headache now! Not sure what else is needed, but will fiddle a bit and uploads a final version. Done in 8 colours. Bed now!