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| Rapeseed, Oak and path 10 x 10cm, first version 1/1 monotype: Akua Intaglio |
I think that working small can feel claustrophobic, sometimes. It's tough not to get tight, to get enough distance and to have realistic expectations. As a result there are instances when the print doesn't live up to my imagination…When that happens what I usually do is to begin again with the ghost still on the plate, trying to address the areas that don't work. The second print can be freeing. By then I have worked out some problems and I have translated the landscape in some way and that leaves me space to experiment with colour and composition differently I might work from my imagination in a way I wouldn't in the initial print. The second print usually takes less time. Occasionally I find that making the second print convinces me that the first print is OK.
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| Rapeseed, Oak and path 10 x 10cm, second version 1/1 monotype: Akua Intaglio |
What's interesting when I show people two similar prints, one made directly after the first is that a 'favourite' isn't always universal. Deciding which is better can be difficult. Sometimes I even have to make a third print. Sometimes I put the prints in the 'not fully realised box'.
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| Aldeburgh Beach 7.5 x 10cm, first version 1/1 monotype: Akua Intaglio |
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| Aldeburgh Beach 7.5 x 10cm, second version 1/1 monotype: Akua Intaglio |
And tonight we had a drink in the field. I took my new altered sketchbook for UK landscapes. A Bold Venture.
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| Field with Lime Tree, pastel on book pages (altered sketchbook) |
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