In 2010, I did my Big OE. This was my only overseas trip, unless you count some to Raratonga and Western Samoa when I was a baby and which I don't remember.
I spent a month in France (amongst other places) and during that time, I stayed with Dijanne Cevaal at Le Triadou in the south of France. It's a wee hamlet about an hour's drive from the Mediterranean. Dijanne was running a lino cutting class while I was there which I joined in with. Lucky me as I had access to Dijanne's lovely linocuts as well as making my own.
The first photo is one of Dijanne's that I played with. Rather than using a roller to apply paint, I used a paintbrush to apply the colour so that I could have different colours for the background and foreground.
The second photo has a painted background, and then has African painting applied to it - I used Dijanne's pomegranate stamp as inspiration for the design. I really enjoy lino cutting but it's not always easy to get good soft lino at a reasonable price. I have all the cutters, so I must remember to play around with this over the holidays (when I am having some play time).
2 comments:
Both are stunning, but purple with lime green, my choice. What a wonderful experience.
Yes, they're both great. I hope you find the time to do it again soon.
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