Seems I have been very quiet on my blog. Thank you for those of you who have visited and even left comments wondering how I am doing. I have been busy...as you will see.
This is a print from a linocut of a rooster that I did last week. I thought it was funny that after I had finished my two ATC for the month...I am trading within a group... I opened my mail from them. One of the women wrote: "Faces are okay but they should look different. Are you doing any women? Why not?"
Well as you can see I did some different kinds of faces...but neither one was a woman. Why am I doing male faces? I like them. Why don't I do women...they are suppose to be soft and pretty and I don't want to do soft and pretty...hard and coarse from work and worry is what I enjoy capturing in faces. Also I don't think I have figured out how to do faces well enough...so the more I do the better I think I will get.
My daughter, Catherine, actually turned me on to doing faces. She drew faces for a whole year. Mostly just girls...or anemia ..which to me look unisex. One day, a couple years ago, Catherine wanted to do a hand carved stamp. She drew a picture of a face. I told her that it would never look like a face, it is just to hard to carve and that she should start with something easier. Like a red head she never let that kind of talk stop her.
Now for an eleven year old I was pretty impressed with these images. So I thought I would try to do some faces. I was pretty surprised how well mine turned out...even in the drawing stage because I didn't normally draw faces....so that is how it all began. Here are a couple of linocut of women that I did a while back.
The one on the right, her hat is shading part of her face. I may have to try to do women again...but you can see the old and the young. Maybe the young is looking into the face herself old....maybe this is why I like to do men I can distance myself from the fact I am aging.
One of the things I like to do is line up all the images that I printed and look at them like a Andy Warhol painting. I am not a consistent printer. Isaac is a better printer than I am and he didn't want to help me because I want him to print too many.
5 comments:
Amazing work dear. A quilt of faces maybe?
An interesting insight into your process. Thanks for sharing. I like the hexagons too :-)
very nice. i like roosters. i also like wood and lino cuts. makes me want to stop my embroidery and buy some linoleum and carving tools...
These are very professional-looking! I really love roosters, too ~ they have such character. I can see you have been very busy. I've been able to post less and less often lately, for I seem to be busier or less organized, I'm not sure which!! xo Kari
Thank you friends for your comments! I love having things for you to look at.
Flying Haystacks, I read how you had streamlined your work area so you could get more done. I was just thinking..."If I would only focus on one thing I might get further than I do"...so I don't know I really like your focus and art!!!
Kari I like roosters as well. This one looks like he would be one that was always looking over his shoulder. Always prepared. You weren't going to get anything on him. I love watching hens too they are such an example of being a good mother.
Kaye Turner thank you for finding my ramblings interesting. I think hexagons are an addiction.
Wild Magnolia, Thank you,I would like to do something with a face in quilting...but I can't start another project right now.
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