Lily S. May–Life with Art
This is a proof of my most recent block print. I've been using this blue water-based ink for proofing because it's easy to clean up. It gives me enough of an idea of the shapes and textures to see if I need to make any changes. For completed prints I use a washable oil based… Continue reading Portrait of a Wary Bird
Here's part of the proof of the lino block that I showed in my last post. The full print had a bit too much body and humorously looked like a cross between a cloud and sheep. When I played around with folding the paper, I preferred the image you see here. I'm going to print… Continue reading Amended Lino
I'm still out here. I've been ill off and on but now I want to show you what I've been doing over the last month. First of all I received the catalogue for the international miniature print exhibits that I was in. It was fabulous to see one of my prints among so many excellent… Continue reading Back Again
This is another block print I recently made but did not enter in The Heart Show that the other four will be in. I felt this one--another version of a heart of fire--stood outside the series I had made and stood on its own. So, another time and place... The Heart Show--January 30 - February… Continue reading Another Heart and A Show
This is the 2nd block print that I've carved out of softoleum over the last two weeks. Softoleum is, as its name suggests, a softer than linoleum carving material. This print, like the one in my previous post, is around 4" x 6". I adapted the print from a line drawing I made a few years… Continue reading In the Beginning
I've been drawn back to my old love of printmaking these past few weeks. I've been carving a soft rubbery-like block of a product called softoleum. This is the first of two prints I've made so far. As I worked on it, it seemed the animal was saying something about the human hand in the… Continue reading Intelligence
I'll return to showing photos from my trip to Italy, but first wanted to post this block print I made this week. I carved the print from a rubbery material that's easy to carve yet that gives smooth crisp edges. This helps me counter repetitive strain from years of printmaking. I didn't plan the image… Continue reading 60 – 40
I've just gotten back from a wonderful trip to Italy--somewhere I've never been. I didn't draw while there but saw some fabulous artwork and architecture and took many photos that I'll be showing here. On returning home I saw that a catalogue had been produced for BIMPE X, the miniature print exhibit I'd entered in… Continue reading The Print That Got In
I've been looking for a new direction in my work over the past few months and have posted some of my ideas on the blog. Yet none of them have stayed with me as a path to follow--not the ideas for a dystopian card deck, nor the series on the heart. One thing I have… Continue reading Gouache Woodcut Collage
I'm going to enter four linocuts into another exhibit at Gerrard Art Space in Toronto. It'll be from the end of June into the first 2 weeks of July. One of the prints I've taken to my local framer is the one below. I carved it in the 1990s and for some reason that I… Continue reading Dream Linocut–The Search
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