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I've been wanting to do a bigger print for a while and thought this rock pool image was just beautiful and so interesting I'd give it a go. I took the photograph down at Cape Cornwall in that gorgeous, hot, first week of September when in the sea was the best place to be. Then the paper arrived on a pallet and I thought I may have bitten off more than I could chew. I wasn't sure how to start. There are so many colours in this picture and I was trying to work out the order, but I couldn't...

Ooooo how could I resist such a  perfect image for a linocut print, I was having a lovely swim but I had to go and get my phone to take a photo This is an addition of 12 but all the skies are different, instead of cutting the clouds I scrapped the ink off the lino with the palette knife. Here's how the print was made A pale blue with a pale grey 2nd layer 3rd layer 2nd blue ( see different sky ) 4th layer 2nd grey 5th layer 3rd blue 6th layer 3rd grey 4th blue 7th layer 4th...

One of my favourite things about living where I do, in Cornwall and working for myself is, if it's a lovely afternoon, sometimes, I can just go out and enjoy it. Especially June when it's still fairly quiet and you get a cove to yourself. Monday was looking gorgeous so I went for a swim. Walking into the clear water I loved the shapes of the seaweed rocks under the surface and the light patterns on the water. I had to get back out of the water and get my phone, lots of inspiration for a new print.   Here's the...

Heading for a swim, walking down the coastal path towards the beach mid May. Last year I remember seeing 2 of these pink flowers, this year they were all over the banking, very beautiful. My drawing on the lino of the basic image I'm planning. Bit of artistic licence on the composition and the removal of my little fluffy grey dog lol, oh and flipped ofcourse.   It looked a bit complicated so I thought I'd just get the sky sorted first. White crayon shows what I'm going to cut away and leave white on the paper. First two layers...

The colours of a late afternoon mid February, a beach to myself ( and the dogs ) looking for potential new images to cut. I decided on this one with it's interesting sky, wet beach reflections, sea and rocks, perfect. I started this print during the Cornwall Open Studios and posted my layers as I went along but here it is again if you didn't see it on instagram. First drawing on the lino and white crayon marks for first cut.    First colour printed, I went for a very pale grey/blue, the white foam of the sea isn't actually white...