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Looking Closely at Nature

Published on September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 by marionsartblog2 Comments

Lately I’ve been somehow obsessed with nature drawings.

Leaves and flowers are slowly withering as fall is arriving, so I did some ink drawings of this natural process.

Some New Prints…

Published on August 17, 2017 by marionsartblog2 Comments

I haven’t done any printmaking for a while but now I want to start again with linocuts and woodcuts. I would like to do more of these…

Lush Nature

Published on July 12, 2016 by marionsartblogLeave a comment

Although it has been raining a bit all day I went out and took some shots of the lush
vegetation after this refreshing summer rain.

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Ink Drawings

Published on June 16, 2016 by marionsartblog2 Comments

These drawings were done quickly with black drawing ink in a small sketchbook.
Often the sketches done without much effort are sometimes the ones which are most interesting…

Cutting into Wood

Published on January 30, 2016January 30, 2016 by marionsartblog4 Comments

Last week I bought some wooden panels and did my first woodcuts.

If you choose a soft wood like limetree, cutting into wood doesn’t require much more strength than cutting into a lino plate.

You can also use linocut colours for printing.

Here are the first results:

Pastel Pictures

Published on January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 by marionsartblogLeave a comment

I rediscovered pastel drawing pencils and did these small pictures with them.

They should also serve as inspiration sketches for a series of woodcuts I want to do.

Let’s see how that’s going to work out…

Small Sketches

Published on December 6, 2015December 6, 2015 by marionsartblog4 Comments

I love drawing, painting and collages so I did these small sketches recently using some pages of old books and other collage material.

Even if you can’t always see the original material any longer, I feel that the sketches have a different quality than paintings on simple white paper.