1 post tagged “thomas bewick”
Just as I've figured out the upload issue, another problem presents itself: my camera's battery has gone missing. It's not expensive to replace, but until I get a new one I will not be able to take or import new photos. Argh.
Anyway, here s something I happened to have uploaded to my FirstClass account already: the rough sketch for my first printmaking project:
As you can see, it's backwards. I didn't draw it that way, but it was flipped in Photoshop before I started transferring it to the block (it'll be cut into cherry-faced plywood). Our assignment was to take a piece from a historical printmaker and re-interpret. I chose Thomas Bewick, illustrator of a couple of British bird guides.
Here is the original blackbird, which I chose because of his silly expression:
