News — colour

Had a lovely time in the beautiful tulip fields in Norfolk in aid of Norfolk Hospice tickets still available  Did a couple of quick watercolour sketches but mostly just soaked up the stunning beauty of the fields  Check out the merchandise... my linocut from the fields last year available as a t towel - also available on their website.    Thanks to Karen Harvey for the photos (first one what happens next!)

On 5th of May I had a wonderful day in the Tulips for Tapping field in Norfolk - I took my sketchbooks - the big one was hard to handle in the wind but I still managed to do a few sketches. I always like to work from a sketch because it gives me much more information than a photograph. Your eye sees things differently to a camera lens. Back in the studio I chose one of my sketches to develop and translate into a linocut . Below is a selection of the colours/layers I put onto the lino. It is...