Jonathan Day
Mad about drawing. Middle-aged, tall, not yet too fat. Home: the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA. Earned Ph.D. in Physics, OSU, 2008; currently making living as artist. Go figure.
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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Relief Printing With An Etching Press
I’m going to describe the process I’ve worked out for printing from a linoleum block on an etching press. This has a couple of advantages for me. In the first place, it’s a lot faster than the method of laying … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Block print, technique
Tagged art, Beauty, block print, linocut, linoleum, method, process, technique
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Drawing Hands: More On Gestures With Bent Fingers
It’s been a while — it’s time for another tutorial on figure-drawing — more about hand gestures this time. This will relate to what I talked about in the earlier posts Drawing Hands, Part V and Part II. We’re going … Continue reading
Posted in anatomy for the artist, Art, How to draw hands, how to draw the figure
Tagged anatomy, art, artistic, drawing, figure, hands, how to draw, human, illustration, tutorial
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“Evening Cup II,” completed
Here is the print from the block I posted about yesterday. I am somewhat proud of the fact that I’ve got the process of relief printing with an etching press worked out well enough that I was able to pull … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Block print
Tagged art, Beauty, block print, female, figurative, figure, imagination, imaginative, linocut, linoleum, nude, relief print, wine
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Work In Progress: “Evening Cup II”
Here’s the current linoleum block, with the carving almost done. I cheated a bit on this one. I think this is the first time I’ve ever used a power tool when carving a linoleum block. I want a tone gradient … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Block print
Tagged art, Beauty, block print, celebration, female, figurative, figure, imagination, imaginative, linocut, linoleum, nouveau, nude, wine
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New Work: “Morning Cup IV” — and “V”
I don’t seem to be through with the Morning Cup series. This is partly because I just like the concept, partly because I want to produce things which are more affordable than Giclee prints, and also hand-made. Also, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Art, block print and watercolor
Tagged art, Beauty, block print, celebration, coffee, female, figurative, linocut, linoleum, watercolor
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