Tall Pine linocut – transparent washes and sketchy lines

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Tall Pine linocut – transparent washes and sketchy lines

Post author:Laura Boswell
Post published:May 2, 2024
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This little linocut print ‘Tall Pines’ is inspired by our move to Scotland and also by traditional Japanese landscape prints. I’ve worked to keep the sketchy line quality of my original drawing and to use thin transparent washes of colour, especially in the sky. You’ll see there are two versions for different times of day – something popular in Shin Hanga landscape prints in Japan. I worked with Jackson’s recently filming a demo of this print using Cranfield inks and I’ll be using it as a teaching resource this summer for my linocut students. Laura Boswell

Tags: Cranfield Colours, Jackson's

Laura Boswell

My work explores space, scale and light in wild landscape. I begin with observational drawing and photography, but prints are not direct geographic representations; they are a result of my response to the feel of place, the season and weather. I like my prints to be open to interpretation, reminding the viewer of their own experiences of wild places. My prints are chiefly linocuts, but I also work with Japanese woodblock and Western woodblock. Drawing is the foundation of all my work and my techniques and approach are heavily influenced by my three residencies to study printing in Japan. I work in many layers of transparent colour interpreting drawn and painted line into print or mixed media work.

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VN May 4, 2024 Log in to Reply

Laura, gorgeous prints!
Vicki from the PDiM team
Robynn May 2, 2024 Log in to Reply

Wow Laura, thank you so much for putting this on the PDiM blog!! Wonderful work and great that you are working with two of our sponsors, Jackson’s and Cranfield!!!