PRINTMAKING COURSES

Posted on May 1, 2013 by rosie

I am now running botanical printmaking courses in etching, drypoint and monotype. These will be five day courses and can have five nights accommodation with full board. Please look at the website for more information.

TODAY AT GLASGOW PRINT WORKSHOP

Posted on March 28, 2013 by rosie

Took a proof of the second landscape after working on it. There are some good tones in this one and a feeling of the weather.

TODAY IN THE STUDIO

Posted on March 27, 2013 by rosie

For the last couple of days I have been working on some landscapes of Suffolk.
These are etchings in nitric on steel and are mostly hand shaken aquatint and soft ground etching. I have enjoyed the slightly grittier lines that the nitric acid makes on steel as opposed to those made with ferric on copper. These are very rough proofs and there is still work to be done on both plates.

TODAY IN THE STUDIO

Posted on March 20, 2013 by rosie

Worked on the steel plate of the anemones. With etching into steel there can be a lot of plate tone which can make for a rather dull print. This is because the surface does not polish to a fine shine like copper and the surface texture holds some ink. I did sand the plate thoroughly with several grades of wet and dry and this has produced some brighter whites in the print. I bit the primary drawing of the flowers with a soft ground etch and then drew in the flower centres with a hard ground etch. I then applied an aquatint and painted out all the flowers with a stop out varnish. I wanted to have a pale background tone which would highlight the flowers. The glass container was done at the same time. I etched the aquatint in nitric for just under a minute. I then took a very quick proof,Anemones. Film of stop out being applied to aquatint. as there was an evening class about to begin in the studio. This image will probably be printed with colour, but have yet to decide. I have included a quick film of applying the stop out varnish to the plate.

FIRST PROOF OF AMARYLLIS ETCHING AND AQUATINT

Posted on March 17, 2013 by rosie

Finished the aquatint today and took the first black and white proof. Will work on it further and add colour. I am really enjoying working in Glasgow.

TODAY AT THE GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO

Posted on March 13, 2013 by rosie

Today is the second day of etching. Prepared a copper plate with soft ground and began drawing the Amaryllis. Etched the plate for the initial line but will be doing more drawing and aquatint. Have no fixed ideas at present. The workshop is quite amazing, vast and filled with light and so clean. Am loving every minute.

PRINTMAKING IN GLASGOW

Posted on March 11, 2013 by rosie

This is my first day in Glasgow. I am staying here for just over three weeks to joint he Glasgow Print Studio. Have an apartment in the West End and will be working at the studio each day. Today has been one of exploring and getting to know Glasgow. The wind chill is bitterly cold but the sun is bright and the sky clear blue.
This quick sketch I did this morning from my window. Works begins in earnest tomorrow.

Snowdrops. Drypoint etching.

Posted on February 25, 2013 by rosie

Finally printed the drypoint of snowdrops I was working on a couple of weeks ago and printed it at the Double Elephant..

Amaryllis Apple Blossom

Posted on February 13, 2013 by rosie

Fresh off the drawing board.

This week at the Double Elephant

Posted on February 4, 2013 by rosie

The showdrops are flowering in the garden and hedgerows and I have seen quite a few Celandines, a sure sign of spring. Thought this would make a good subject for a drypoint print this week. This is the work in progress.