Manaia woodblock - WiP

 

I'm working on a simple MDF woodcut. The image area is roughly A6.

It'a manaia motif.

There are a couple or three colour blocks still to come, though I have only the vaguest idea at this stage what I'm going to do with it. Doubtless something will happen.

This is a watercolour colour test to be going on with.
It may or may not end up having any relation to this.

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Some test prints, plus the colour sketch at far left. I'm happy enough with the foreground orange, but the background green needs a bit more blue in it, and be more transparent to let the white of the paper glow through.

Here I've experimented with a gradient across the top of the background colour (image on the right). I like it I think, even though the photo is 100% arse-drool. Worth pursuing.

This blue gradient is better than the raw sienna I think; it's cleaner and richer, and gives the background the depth that it needs.