I'm working on a mixed-media project and it needs some hurricane waves. I have never seen a hurricane with my own eyes, so I used a reference and drew a baseline sketch (on the left). I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked the first draft, so I transferred it to an 8 X 10 linoleum block and began carving. It took 3 or 4 hours over a couple of days and then the carving was done and ready for inking. I had Murder She Wrote on in the background for company; there's noth

I haven't done a linocut in a while (a shamefully long while) and missed doing it. I saw a hex sign on my wall I love and thought it might be a fun linocut project. Hex signs are round emblems the Pennsylvania Dutch use on the exterior of their barns. They each have their own meanings. Common misconceptions are that these are Amish - the Pennsylvania Dutch are a little different - and that they're something to do with witchcraft because of the word "hex." They're not, and th

I'd intended to make my own Christmas cards, either a linocut or my own photos printed onto cards, as I mentioned here . Photo cards are now, as with everything else, expensive so I thought a linocut would be more fun. And I know that if it had worked out, it would have been. I follow a lot of artists online and something I don't see often is posts or remarks about a failed project. Well, my linocut Christmas cards were a failure and I'm posting about it! I drew something I l