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Reduction lino printing with community art group

Reduction lino printing with community art group

by Carrie on 4th July 2019 with No Comments

Some more beautiful pieces of reduction lino printing for you (read my previous post for a few more details on the reduction lino printing method). These were all created by members of the weekly community art group that I teach. … Read More

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Experiments with gelatin plate printing

Experiments with gelatin plate printing

by Carrie on 17th August 2018 with No Comments

I’ve been wanting to play with gelatin plate printing for quite a while, but as the commercial plates are pretty expensive, I hadn’t yet managed to have a try. Over the past few weeks I’ve been teaching collagraph printmaking, and … Read More

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How to sharpen a lino blade tutorial

How to sharpen a lino blade tutorial

by Carrie on 18th March 2017 with No Comments

Just uploaded a new video to my YouTube channel on how to sharpen a lino cutting blade: Hope you’ll find it useful!

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Collagraphs and painterly prints with Colour Your Life

Collagraphs and painterly prints with Colour Your Life

by Carrie on 24th February 2017 with No Comments

The printmaking workshops I’ve been running with Colour Your Life this month (and next) are going really well, and everyone is producing such beautiful work, I just had to share it with you! These first pieces are collagraph prints, where … Read More

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Tuesday Colour Inspiration – experiments

Tuesday Colour Inspiration – experiments

by Carrie on 21st February 2017 with No Comments

One thing I tell my workshop students over and over again is – experiment! This is the way you will develop your own style and techniques, find out what works for you and what doesn’t, how your art materials respond … Read More

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This week's 'draw along with me' video is how to d This week's 'draw along with me' video is how to draw this simple poinsettia motif. You'll find it over on YouTube, search 'Press for Design' to find my channel. I hope you'll have a go, and will show me what you created 🌞 Happy drawing!
Four free colouring pages are now up on my website Four free colouring pages are now up on my website for you to download. Just go to www.dendryad.co.uk (link in bio) and then click on 'Colouring Pages'. Happy colouring 🌞
On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On the left, drawn and coloured in pencils today. Think this might be the subject of another video tutorial, if you're interested?
Get creative! 🌞 I put a tutorial up on my YouTu Get creative! 🌞 I put a tutorial up on my YouTube channel yesterday on how to draw this Celtic style floral mandala. I recorded it in real time, so that you can draw along with me. Feel free to tag me with your art once you've finished, I'd love to see it 😊 Search 'Press for Design' on YT to find it πŸ‘
My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to @twitterartexhibit #TAE21 tomorrow. Loved every minute of creating this! Created with @derwentartofficial Graphitint and Inktense pencils.
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