UNEXPECTED COMBINATION
My studio is cluttered with stacks of prints on the floor and on my inspiration board. I have a stack of old paintings that I want to recycle. Through my…
Midsummer Green
Midsummer in South Carolina is all about green. Even though the weather is hot and dry, the native vegetation remains green, if a bit dusty and wilted. Spring flowers fade…
Practicing
This week I’m journaling about coneflower shapes and practicing gelli plate printing. I’m incorporating stone wall shapes into the prints to ground the floating flower shapes. I’m also experimenting with…
Learning about Coneflowers
It’s coneflower season! My favorite flowers are in bloom. I like the “badminton birdie” shape of the flowers and the loose tangled look of the foliage. As I’ve used coneflowers…
Spring Garden #7
After listening to my art friends on Zoom talk about drawing and using other papers for printing, I did something a little different this week. I made some prints of…
Spring Garden #6
This week I made prints from fresh leaves and spring colors. Combining new prints with ones from past sessions reflects the growth in the garden and gives continuity to this…
Spring Garden #5
Spring Garden #5 12 x 12 inches Monotype collage on paper ©2020 Lucinda Howe The fifth piece in my spring garden series combines vivid pinks with spring greens. As the…
Spring Garden #4
After the cool greens in the composition last week, I wanted warmth in the green foliage and ochre stones in my piece this week.
Spring Garden #3
I didn’t know what to do with the cool green color palette I posted two weeks ago. It seemed a bit sad. Or maybe it was that I was a…
Spring Garden #2
In last week's post, I gathered several groups of printed papers and asked you which one to do next. As there wasn't a consensus in the comments, I chose the…