i have been playing around with pastels. the left a soft pastels and the right is oil pastels on canvas board. both are 22 x 28 inches. not unexpectedly, the canvas board took the oil pastels much better than the soft, and i ended up with a lovely mess of soft pastels in my carpet from the self-portrait. i'm not sure that i've warmed up to the idea of working with paint again yet, but i feel it may be coming.
in other news, i've been making prints, stuffed animals, and a few other things to sell at a local flea market. these are three reductive woodcut prints. i've only done one other before these three in my printmaking class this past semester. i had used a simple image in combination with text and was pleased enough with the result to try it again. as these are hand-printed, the layers
are less solid than when i used the press in the studio. the wood was pine that i chopped into 9 x 12 blocks. it was hard to work with, but overall i like the effect of the choppy marks made by the struggle with the block. when i have more money, i'd like to play more
with working with smoother woods. this will have to do for now.
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