So I'd heard about this rockpool but I'd never been. It was a beautiful sunny afternoon, late September and the tide was out. Even so I have to admit I got pulled about in the surf on the way round and got a bit scared, prob more for my phone I was soaked by the time we found it. But all good and I got my photos.
In front an amazing deep green pool and a sparkly sea.
Behind the sun was hitting the rocks and the shadows and colours were reflected on the surface and underneath the water.
I chose this photo below as the one I wanted to cut.
It is the most abstract of my pics with only a tiny bit of rock top left. Difficult to see what's going on, but the colours and patterns are wonderful and I wanted to try something a bit different
My drawing on the lino and the first cuts of the light patterns catching the sand on the bottom of the pool
first 3 colours
4 and 5 first blue and another green
6,7 & 8 a green a sage and an orange
9 a second blue
10, 11 a brown and a grey
12 & 13 another brown and a green
14 & 15 dark brown for the rock and reflection and a pink seaweed
just a detail of all the cuts and colours
16 another brown in the water
17 a deep blue grey
now the lino is looking like this
and this is how I work through the colours I just draw on what I want to cut out in the white crayon as I go.
18 a very dark green
19 & 20 a very dark brown in the water and a light green on the right
21 last colour an almost black to finish, oh and then I did put a mottled green print onto the dark water on the left which worked.
Thanks to Sam @sunfishtt on instagram for the name
Edition size 22
print size 43 x 63cm
21 colours
on Somerset 250gsm paper
How it might look framed
or a dark frame
