Lucy’s coloring book

Yesterday I started working again so there was little time for art. I managed to make a drawing of a new carve: I decided to carve a full 10×15 cm block. It perfectly fits a card when printed. Not that I need cards but I am curious…

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I almost forgot. But all good. Today I finished carving my lino and did a test print. I used my Sizzix machine for printing and it did a great job. I need to clean up the block a bit but I am really happy with how it all went. Today was my last day of

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Today I continued to carve the block from yesterday, but I had only an hour so didn’t achieve much. Here’s a small one I did three days ago when I forgot to blog. I took Mother to Kika to get some lamps and we bought some other unnecessary stuff of course. Yesterday my neighbor made

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Yeah, I forgot again. Anyway, here’s one I started today: It’s real hard linoleum. I bought a small pack of ten squares made by Essdee and took one out for practice today. It took some time to figure out how much pressure to apply, but I am happy to report that I am getting there

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Went swimming in the morning and then walked with Lola. The weather is very nice today – I even took off my gloves and Lola’s jacket. The carve I am posting is from yesterday: I love the thin lines that are possible to carve on lino. The printing is a bit imperfect, but that’s ok.

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Before I forget to post… here’s one from yesterday. I used the stamp from few days ago and removed some more lino, so I think it looks better now. I printed in yellow and magenta first, but it was screaming at me, so I added a few black prints on top. I really like how

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