Screenprint your heart out (Screenprint-Pattern/Repetition)

Handbag

Nick Morley

Medium: Screen print

76x100 cm 

http://arlingtonhousemargate.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/handbag.jpg

http://linocutboy.com/prints/#

Nick Morley is an illustrator form the UK. He has been featured in several magazines, book covers, and on the BBC. He also runs a blog. 

I chose this piece first and foremost because I like dinosaurs. Dinosaurs have this pattern to their rough reptilian like skin. Which is what Morley captures in the piece, Handbag. The skin appears really scaly and tiny near the face, tail, and feet, but as your eye moves to the stomach and calf area, there is less of the pattern, and there is a leathery feel to it all. There is also the pattern of the plant life. There are many veins which creatures add to the feel of life to the T-Rex. 

Screenprint the rainbow (Screenprint-Color)

Dodo with a Yoyo

Nick Morley 

Medium: Screen print, linocut 

56x47 cm

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5030/5576214109_0100584c56_z.jpg

http://linocutboy.com/prints/#

Nick Morley is an illustrator from the UK. He has been featured in several magazines, book covers, and on the BBC, a British television channel. He runs a blog.

I chose this piece because what instantly struck me was the use of color. The brightness of the pink yoyo, and the beautiful nature blue on the dodo is wonderful. There is also the belly of the dodo, which uses a light and soft yellow. Then the accents used for the nature parts on the floor. The small leaves with their pale almost neutral blue, and then the neutral color of the wheat. Most of the colors in this piece are really neutral and blend together. But the blue and the pink really contrast against it all, yet it works. It works because of the blending of nature and materials from the human world. 

Screenprint the world (Screenprint-Shape)

A Reflection of Things that should be and the Things that never were 

Shawn Stucky

Medium: screenprinting, mixed media, hardwood

40x30 in.

http://www.shawnstucky.com/fine-art.html

Shawn Stucky is an American born artist who primarily works in printmaking, with a BFA in Visual Communications. He has had shows all across the world, and his work is shown is several magazines and newspapers in the States. And he has plenty of works in books in Europe. 

I chose this piece because of the shapes and colors used. I like how the prints are layered to create depth and perspective. Not only that, but because there are elements used at different angles to make it more realistic, per say. Except there is such objects like the floating man, a surprising shape you wouldn't expect to see in the sky. It makes me laugh a bit, because at a first glance, this piece just seems to be about shapes in different colors, but then when you take a closer look, the shapes reveal themselves to be something else. Like the man in the foreground on the bike contraption with the other man is really a tree bursting out from a human neck. 

Collagraphin' my heart (Collagraph-Color)

Elemental Icon IV

Brenda Hartill 

Medium: Collagraph, Etching

image: 50x40cm

http://img.aasd.com.au/33905707.jpg

http://www.brendahartill.com/Brenda_Hartill/Portfolio_Collections/Pages/Large_Abstract_Etchings_and_Collagraphs_-_cool.html#47

Brenda Hartill is a British artist who originally worked in theatre, and moved to printmaking for more freedom. Hartill likes to combine mediums, such as with collagraphs and other methods like painting, etchings, and other methods of printmaking. 

I chose this piece because of the palette. I am a big fan of cool colors and this is what I enjoy a lot. There is definitely a nice balance as far as graduation of the colors. It almost seems monochromatic. Since there is colors fading from dark blue to white. But! But there is also a sea like green-blue. Which creates warmer areas of the piece. Colour creatures balances. And with collagraph, it is hard to obtain that with how freeform it is. I think it was captured nicely with the tone of the colors used, and then how it's arranged. Along with the piece separated into four sections, like four pictures in a row. And there is the very low and deep graduation between a very dark blue to a dark sea-green blue. It gives a great atmosphere. 

Collan' all graphs (Collagraph- Texture)

Ancient Memories

Kim Major-George

Medium: Collagraph

size unknown

http://www.thestablesstudios.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Ancient-Memories-by-Kim-Major-George_s.jpg

http://www.majorgeorge.co.uk/gallery/

Kim Major-George is a British artist and printmaker. She is greatly influence by mythology, philosophy, Ancient civilizations, and spiritual imagery. She has taught classes, and has also made appearances in books, cards, magazines, and many commisions. She also has a short film out called "Where are we going".  

Her print, Ancient Memories, looks very detailed, and textured. If you look closely, it would appear as though whatever objects she used to make this were very tiny and had many creases and had it's own pattern on it. Objects appear to have been overlapped as well, creating a depth in the paper this piece was printed on. It also appears to have a patterned halo around it, like the objects used to make this could have possibly been of a bigger size, but was cut out. Though it leaves an etherial like glow to the piece, which has it's own dotted texture. There is also the matter of the colour palette Major-George uses. Where darker colours have taken a hold of the objects and show up more clearly, you cannot see as much of the texture as you can on the lighter coloured areas. 

Drypoint it out (Drypoint- Pattern/Repitition)

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Angie H. Iver

Medium: Drypoint

size unknown

http://angieiver.tumblr.com/post/12196093761

http://iphigen.deviantart.com/art/011111-266560645?q=gallery%3Aiphigen%2F976594&qo=13

Angie Iver is a German artist, and there is not much else known about her, I apologize, but I wanted to share this badly.

This SCREAMS repetition and pattern. It is the same print printed just off from where it was laid originally. Which makes such a realistic portrait very surreal. Yet still, it has a balance to it, because the plate was laid down again in such a way as not to overlap the eyes or any other dark areas. The eyes become daunting and very intimidating, in my opinion. It almost seems like two seperate people who are whispering close together, not just the same person printed in close proximity. In another way of looking at it, it almost seems like your eyes are crossing, like you're seeing double. It is true, you are seeing double, but it's no sort of optic illusion, which is fantastic that Iver captured in the drypoint medium. 

Drypoint in that direction (Drypoint-Line)

these puns are so terrible, I'm not sure whether to be sorry or not.

Three Wise Fishermen

Paul Niemiec Jr. 

Medium: Drypoint

5x7 in. 

http://runningwindstudio.com/etchings-dry-points-3-3.shtml

Paul Niemiec Jr. is an American artist who deals with American Realism. He has affiliations with regional and national groups such as The Society of American Graphic Artists, American Society of Portrait Artists, and The Central New York Watercolor Society. He has also been in numerous solo galleries and been in several journals and books. 

I chose this piece for lines because the lines are what stands out. The lines in this piece are obvious, but it also cross and overlap and disappear, making shapes and figures. It is exquisite who well placed the lines are. The closer the lines are to each other, the darker and heavier the shadows appear. Which is what this piece seems to really rely on. Heavy lines contrasted with large areas of white, which isn't blank, it is just well placed negative space. It creates a sense of when the piece is taking place, as well as the direction of the light. Though the amount of lines on the right side of the drypoint are sudden, it works. It is a shading method, but it also seems to be like a line of well, lines, which balances out the piece, like how you might add a bar or line to the back of a blank backgrounded portrait. 

Linocut away from the riverbend (Linocut- Texture)

Dail, mwsogl a rhaeadr fach gudd

Ann Lewis

Medium: Linocut, 4 colour

16x28cm

http://www.annlewis.co.uk/g1/dail_mwsogl.htm

Ann Lewis is an artist who likes to work in mostly linocut. She is an artist from the UK and resides in Ogwen Valley, in Gerlan. She does many illustrations for children's books, book covers, editorial illustrations, advertising campaigns and graphic works. She also runs a life drawing group for the Royal Cambrian Academy. 

I chose this piece because one, I cannot pronounce the name, and two, because it has such a good use of perspective and texture. The texture in this piece is most obvious in the foreground, on the mossy rock with the leaves scattered across it. It appears soft and welcoming, like someone could sweep their hand on it, and they would feel grassy, plush moss. As the rocks travel up the paper, and into the background, they still keep the soft texture, but where there are thick dark shadows, it appears to have a completely different texture, one that is dark and hard, smooth but cold. The trees have the texture of mixed bark, where you would feel the free as very sturdy, and your hand would fall into the crevice where the bark has eroded away. It's awesome and wonderful and just very lovely. Yeah man. Nature is boss. 

Linocut away my heart: the sequel (Linocut-Shape)

Deep Sea Diver 

Nick Morley

Medium: Linocut

76x45cm

http://vimeo.com/56255143#
http://linocutboy.com/prints/
Aaaah, I'm sorry, I just did something on Nick Morley but I really love this work, so bear with me. Nick Morley is an illustrator from the UK. He has been featured in several magazines, book covers, and on the BBC, a British television channel. He teachers linocut workshops and runs a blog. Wow a linocut workshop, I would wanna do that! 

Anways, the reason I chose this piece is because I love the ocean, first and foremost. I am also a fan of anything that might include cool colours in the palette. Here is a very good use of shape in the linocut. The shape of the diver, and then all the details within his suit are very nice and detailed. There is also the matter of the diver's surrounding background. All small pieces of sea life and a rocky sea floor made out of different shapes. By using heavy shading and shadows in sections of the diver and then the coral on the floor, it adds weight to the appearance of the piece. There is also the matter of the tubes connecting to the diver's suit, which balance out the other shapes, also giving a sense of where a light could be. If you will look to the upper left corner, there is not as much shadow as there is on the bottom right corner. Shape is such a defining tool that can add so much more to a piece, I love it to bits. 

Linocut away the rest (Linocut- Balance)

Beards of the World

Artist: Nick Morley

Medium: lino cut and screen print

 56x56 cm

http://linocutboy.com/prints/

Nick Morley is an illustrator from the UK. He has been featured in several magazines, book covers, and on BBC, a british televeision channel. He also teaches linocuts workshops and runs a blog.

I chose this piece because it really brings it all into balance. It’s a symmetrical balance brought together by very straight lines and several boxes placed together to make one large box. There is colour, from the screenprinting process used in this piece. There are individual and non symmetrical shapes within the box, the portraits, but it doesn't distract from the symmetry of the piece because they are all of the same subject, men with beards. I also chose this piece because of what I just mentioned, beards. It's so interesting to see the personalities showing through, through the process of hair trimming.