Coot and Willow Print

The print I made last week, a continuation from my last posting on Beautiful Beasts here. There will be some more prints to come I hope.

 

I did a few initial drawings and tonal sketches for what will be a 3 colour reduction.

 

Various first stages and the lino block

Some final stages with various different colourways.

I like the image, but the printing needs work :). Maybe one really good one out of 6.

Coot and Willow..  image 6 x6 inches

I see the coot pottering about on the shoreline here, in and out of the willows. There is always a fisherman somewhere. The coot is large, the willow tree is small. That’s just how I wanted it.