Lovely turn out last weekend and I’m looking forward to meeting more of you tomorrow and Sunday. Open between 11am and 5pm. ‘Standing Strong,’ by Susan Whatling
Category: Print Making
Welcome to Suffolk Open Studios!
I will be open between 11am and 5pm this weekend and next weekend only. Looking forward to seeing you, hope you can make it. There’s a range of artwork on display/ for sale, from relief prints & etchings, to paintings & greeting cards. Have a great weekend, Su.
Suffolk Open Studio June 2018
Studio will be opening June 9/10 & 16/17 from 11am – 5pm Paintings, Etchings, Relief Prints & Cards
Cow Crowding
Original woodcut completed at The Sudbourne Park Printmakers workshop earlier in the year. This woodcut was based on one of my original drawings during a time of acute illness. Over many visits, watching the cows crowding together with the gorgeous Suffolk landscape as a backdrop, I began to feel well. So, personally, it makes me…
Local Landscape
Latest woodcut and initial hand burnished prints. Just a few adjustments then I’ll explore the use of colour.
Etching using soft ground
Etching is a process that I’m currently exploring. The featured image is a sketch from one of my recent photos. Below are my initial attempts. There’s a great deal of experimenting and work to be done before I reach my goal with this one! The point is, try something new & work towards your goal….
Hand burnished print from woodcut
A local view sparked the idea, followed by a sketch and photo for reference back in the studio. Working out what to carve away or what to leave consumed my initial thought processing although I have to admit to enjoying a certain amount of unpredictability in the outcome. After hand burnishing the back of the…
Art Exhibition
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Great Glemham Church Art Exhibition over the weekend. Plenty to see and do, so why not make a day of it. Enjoy!
New Work
by Susan Whatling New work from my garden studio this morning, freshly cut soft linoblock and hand pulled prints. For the original drawing, I used chalk on large black paper, to capture the highlights I saw on the life drawing model. Next, I photographed the drawn image, printed off a photo and traced it. The…
Early Days of Etching
Using a recent sketch of Suffolk landscape, while learning some of the processes involved in soft ground etching…
