Two weeks ago I took home this jolly octopus drawn by a child who was soliciting donations for the NHS - you got to choose a picture when you donated - how could I resist! Suddenly it seemed a good idea to use it for a woodcut -
Having traced it down "wrong way round" I started again -
and started cutting -
Ready to print the first layer, but what colours to use? I tried out a few combinations, in watercolours -
This rubbing of the block, with paint added, made me wonder whether it shouldn't have been left "wrong way round" -
A couple more attempts, with accoutrements -
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| an octopus's garden... |
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| "must check my map, it should be here somewhere" |
First prints -
More prints -
13 in all, most on paper from a hosho pad, with inevitably grainy results, whereas the other papers gave a good print.
This will be a reduction print of three or four layers. First, cut out the spots on the body.
A couple more prints, with white spots -
Adding a second layer, yellow over yellow and over blue -
Still trying out colour combinations -
Adding red, and a purplish blue -
The next layer(s) will make a difference. Of some sort!
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