This time I have been working on an image of a bee playing a pipe. It’s a trial both for a bit of reduction lino practise and a possible visual for a poster which will include a poem.
It took rather a long time to get this far. I am not sure reduction linos are for me. I find them a bit limiting and have ended up actually preferring the black and white. But its all good practise.The character of the bee was important and that is always a challenge especially in lino. One tiny slip of the cutter and everything changes. It’s an all purpose bee of no particular species. Not quite as stylised as I wanted, so may try another version.
First reductions and colour trials
Four not-too-bad prints. There are 4 colours plus white in the most complex print.
But I love the simplification and choppy marks of lino and woodcut. These sort of marks would be hard to achieve in any other medium. The happy accidents and unforeseen marks are particularly rewarding.
Final black and white print and the plate.
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