Every so often, I invite an artist friend to come over to use my printing press. My friend Alice had an image she wanted to make of a Salamander from when she went log rolling a few days before. Ok, you want to know what log rolling is. Well, it is a way to lookContinue reading “Printing with Alice”
Category Archives: Linocuts and Relief Printmaking
Class Dismissed – Lettering Class Ends
I wrote some other posts on the class I took through the Smithsonian Associates on Decorative Letters in Watercolor. We finished the last session last week and I must say it is worth taking something that is completely off the radar from what you normally do. The most fun about such things is that youContinue reading “Class Dismissed – Lettering Class Ends”
X is the Loneliest Letter
Last week I showed some work I was doing in a decorative letter class I am taking through the Smithsonian Associates. You can see that post here. The letter for this week is: X. Poor X. Very few people try to get an X in scrabble. And when they do, the letter is relegated toContinue reading “X is the Loneliest Letter”
Decorative Lettering
Writing and enjoying letters, as in the actual alphabet, has an appeal to many people. This manifests itself by our interest in calligraphy, our amazement regarding illuminated manuscript letters, and even our attachment to those iconic typefaces we have come to know such as the ones in Harper’s, The Atlantic, and The New Yorker (plusContinue reading “Decorative Lettering”
Time Capsule
I have been coming to the Hill School as an artist in residence off and on since 2009. It has been a few years since I have been on campus so when I arrived in the classroom, a box (see below) was on the supply table and Mrs. Nelson, the art teacher, suggested I goContinue reading “Time Capsule”
Frottage: A Simple Printmaking Technique with a Rich History
PLEASE NOTE: My website has move. This site will remain up as a blog with a few other information tabs at the top. You can access my new website from the top menu or here. Frottage of an image from a storm drain with watercolor on top At some point, you probably took your nice newContinue reading “Frottage: A Simple Printmaking Technique with a Rich History”
A Few New Linocuts
Cats on the brain. Here are a few new block prints. Some of these I did in early spring and the astronomy one I finished this week. I waited to put them up here and on Etsy until I found a post office I didn’t mind going to!
An Unsuccessful Print
It is important that I share my work that does not come out as planned as well as the work I am happy with. Let’s face it, for every good piece of work, artists (I know this is true for myself) make a few crappy ones. Sometimes I just rework the same thing and otherContinue reading “An Unsuccessful Print”
Back to the Drawing, no, Printing Board!
So basically I am a printmaker. At least that was how I was known where I lived for many years. Of course I did other work, but for some reason, even before I started only working in printing, I was referred to as a printmaker. I have not pulled a print for almost 2 years. Continue reading “Back to the Drawing, no, Printing Board!”
Diane Podolsky 