Under the Oak designs

The better weather we experience in Europe whilst traveling always makes everything feel so much better and that includes my art practice.  I'm not going to bore you, I'm just going to share a few pictures of stuff that I've been working on. The top two are a work in progress painting in my sketchbook and there is more colour to be added but I like to preserve the earlier stages digitally in case I wreck it at some point lol. The linocut I'm quite pleased with but as mentioned previously I can only print in black at this moment so the colourised version has been achieved digitally for now. Both of these will be available in the summer as HPP (hand painted prints) and digital prints.  In other news I am communicating with A .Gallo watercolours in Assisi.  I purchased from them last year for the first time and their paints are just wonderful.  As we are in Italy and will be able to visit the shop in person I am building a wonderful shopping list.  More of that next time t

Wishing everyone wonderful Sunday vibes, hopefully a chilled and relaxing day wherever you are.  We're currently sat at a little Agritourism site, not far from the sea, roughly midway between Rome and Naples. I love our time traveling around Europe (we're in a Motorhome) but I do miss my studio whilst we're away.  I pack an art box each time we travel but I always feel I've either packed the wrong items or missed something important.  Anyway, regardless of that I have managed to get started on some pieces from this trip.  For the first time, I packed some linocut tools and materials and I've already put them to good use. This first piece (En Provence) is inspired by the tourist signs that line the French motorways.  All of the carving is done and I'm hoping to use perhaps 3 colours in the final prints BUT I only packed black printing ink.  I know why, I figured I could save space and leave any coloured prints to our return, of course I now wish I hadn't.  So