Image Update for the Girl with the lovely Titian Hair..

Reworked the flesh color. still think it looks sickly, but have decided to make it work.

Putting the piece away for a little while until I figure out who this girl is and what she is thinking about.

Red Lotus

This is a block of wood that I will begin cutting into at some point this week to create a woodblock Print. I once saw Tom Huck, founder of Evil Prints studio in St Louis, speak on wood cutting techniques.. He advised us to stain the wood red with a large red permanent marker so that we could better see our cuts. The black sharpie ink serves as a design guide and remains behind, it will be the desired printed image.

This is my first woodcut since listening to Tom Huck and I think I like the dynamic of the red and black design.... Feeling inspired to explore this visual imagery further.. perhaps with different materials or experimenting with printing the image on different papers..

I like the simplicity of the Lotus image. I find it relaxing.