Art class at the Shedio

Graphite stick and printing ink

Printing ink, graphite stick and gold pen

Graphite stick and printing ink

Printing ink and watercolour

Printing ink on drop sheet, paper pattern, stitch

Printing ink and hand stitch on paper pattern

Graphite stick and artbar oil pastel on paper pattern

Artbar oil pastels on paper pattern

Artbar oil pastels on paper pattern

Great day at the Shedio. We were in a new studio - huge loft apartment over a barn.  Still a bit cold for some students, but fine in temperature for me!  

This time I worked on an interpretation of my most recent sketch at an exhibition.  I had been drawing a monochrome sketch of a friend's artwork.  Lori's work was oil and wax on paper, highly coloured in shades of salmon, ultramarine and white.  My drawing was tonal.  I was thinking about Aunt Joan and her use of cutting implements in all her activities.  So I decided to make an interpretation of this sketch by cutting into Lino.  I cut a piece about 2" x 5", then played around printing it with black ink and graphite stick on newsprint and paper pattern.  I happily created about 12 different versions of it in class. Then at home when the prints had dried a bit more, I worked into them with watercolour, thread, and gold pen. (see above)