Deborah Velásquez: Echinacea

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

May Flower Challenge Day Twelve • A Beauty, Blooms and Withers

As many of you know I am smitten with the echinacea flower in the garden as well as on paper. I found this photo of the flower in my garden, it is a beauty when still in bloom and when as it fades and withers away.

The echinacea for day twelve of the May Flower Challenge .

For the May Flower Challenge you can post your flower creation, whether it is a doodle, drawing, photograph, collage or painting. This challenge has been started by Lori Moon, fellow blogger, talented photographer and jewelry artisan. Sign up and join in on the flower fun. Can't wait to see what you create as well! Please note: You do NOT have to participate every day. Play along on a specific day each week or only once - whatever inspires you.

Join the challenge, here, it is going to be fun.

I love this challenge not because I have a love for drawing, painting and printing flowers but it is an excellent way to build up your motif library. It also keeps your drawing hand in motion and the creative flow becomes a part of your being.

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Drawing with cutting tools for Line and Shape

I went ahead and started to carve the Echinacea sketches I made for last Thursday's post. You can see the post here.

I wanted to approach the each drawing differently in the print it would make. I wanted to show graphic shape in one and in the other I wanted just line as in the original sketch.

Each one shows its own strength in design. Love how they turned out.

Many test sheets for black ink on paper. I can see a few clean up spots but I do like the honesty of those imperfections from relief printing.

Tomorrow will bring some color play experimentation.

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Revisting Echinacea Motifs

I have a thing for Echinacea, very graceful in its dance in the garden. My favorite flower as you know! I love to sketch it, paint it in ink, in gouache and I have also used the motif in a silkscreen but I have never taken the time to make a block print. I went into my sketch book and pulled sketches. I did manage to add a few new ones as a warm up exercise to before drawing straight on the block.

I drew on the block itself for the fun of it and it it helps to keep things looser than a transfer, for me.
Cant wait to start carving.

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