Ashdown Forest was originally a royal hunting ground where monarchs such as Henry VIII hunted animals. Here, we see a group of boar sent out to entertain the king. It was a cold day, so they put on their sensible hats and scarves to keep warm.
Ashdown Forest linocuts, final stage
07 September 2010
Final layer of colour: I used a near-black, mixed from ultramarine, cadmium red, and cadmium yellow, adjusting the proportions to suit the underlying colours.
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Ashdown Forest, Looking South.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.
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Ashdown Forest, Autumn Morning.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.
The thing that I like about these prints is that I managed to keep the early layers very pale, which improves the contrast with the dark later layers.
The things that I don't like are some not-very-good drawing in places, and too many "Why did I cut that?" moments.
On with the next prints...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr31yxDLPjb20jJl3lBhNodmVAj2eOjUaMVtz_xKU33b9kKTOf8xAOOd8qeO5dYfMKocAWhvQPZuyryOtMx7EWFW8UhBVm2H2W0cmYWTs4TmefcIh1CsHWZYtVyp1NwM18cryYqSNlBet/s320/4968164594_c8c1828c0c_o.jpg)
Ashdown Forest, Looking South.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCeqV2VbjTQeFUrokIuvUGZSalqx4j8BttTdTH1AWaUKEuGf-odbsVhcvF4syIxl23_Eu-HnHPxDmVYv_cLm-eyIhkboTDlCJOzG-fTqfPwiWl2-5eCKpchHil46ud4IqefehmSAYa-1D/s320/4968164286_f37b7b5fb3_o.jpg)
Ashdown Forest, Autumn Morning.
Five stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10 cm.
The thing that I like about these prints is that I managed to keep the early layers very pale, which improves the contrast with the dark later layers.
The things that I don't like are some not-very-good drawing in places, and too many "Why did I cut that?" moments.
On with the next prints...
Ashdown Forest linocuts, stage 4
05 September 2010
Ashdown Forest linocuts, stage 3
03 September 2010
Another layer on each of these prints.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQcADyCzFUEsc3xWwBfl6S3v7sakTr4tw3ZKPCLOuSVPraik_-3zNmIJAFo5nU62KGSn3lJU1ovvv5_rcG96t6pZm7WM7gK6SttTYUYCWuMrRbz8n0sILaNjnZXpeZuaOeCIAcPw4WDiT/s320/4954689593_5f9bb1c03b_o.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRUyxlOjM2G10YWw3ks3Mbehf7CYnVd5eKvgHo93_hSSrk8ZTn-3sGF4F4XzARbHS3Ai-mavdNaDuUYquABfLoy5mmGwswIb2UrKLj2FuuwhE55pv-XtV-O0wJ1MoHlMFnjhVozOUOFTy/s320/4954689811_6d5ab0c952_o.jpg)
And I'm still not happy. The second one has been particularly awkward. After printing a few, I noticed something wrong on the right edge of the print:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVpuLNPoXG2KWDE0IabDF6_gZRXHTaPyhon-bvgup-4ji6dOdoUkOYLkoJXFapNhD5Rt_rDba48lzmEMFE3q8DrTDW4p5fuymz0mQh9mqReJhPu4qO_MqqpbSJjXLrLu_yoM8vR3jIk-N/s320/4954708579_6f06a10788_o.jpg)
There's a strip of the underlying yellow layer showing down the edge of the print. It looks like misregistration -- but the left edge of the print is correctly registered. It's as if the block shrunk while it went through the press! The error is only a few millimetres wide, but that's enough to mar a small print like this (it's 10cm square).
After printing another copy I found that the error was consistent. I fixed it by hand-burnishing that edge before putting the block through the press, which seem to stick it in the correct place.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQcADyCzFUEsc3xWwBfl6S3v7sakTr4tw3ZKPCLOuSVPraik_-3zNmIJAFo5nU62KGSn3lJU1ovvv5_rcG96t6pZm7WM7gK6SttTYUYCWuMrRbz8n0sILaNjnZXpeZuaOeCIAcPw4WDiT/s320/4954689593_5f9bb1c03b_o.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRUyxlOjM2G10YWw3ks3Mbehf7CYnVd5eKvgHo93_hSSrk8ZTn-3sGF4F4XzARbHS3Ai-mavdNaDuUYquABfLoy5mmGwswIb2UrKLj2FuuwhE55pv-XtV-O0wJ1MoHlMFnjhVozOUOFTy/s320/4954689811_6d5ab0c952_o.jpg)
And I'm still not happy. The second one has been particularly awkward. After printing a few, I noticed something wrong on the right edge of the print:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVpuLNPoXG2KWDE0IabDF6_gZRXHTaPyhon-bvgup-4ji6dOdoUkOYLkoJXFapNhD5Rt_rDba48lzmEMFE3q8DrTDW4p5fuymz0mQh9mqReJhPu4qO_MqqpbSJjXLrLu_yoM8vR3jIk-N/s320/4954708579_6f06a10788_o.jpg)
There's a strip of the underlying yellow layer showing down the edge of the print. It looks like misregistration -- but the left edge of the print is correctly registered. It's as if the block shrunk while it went through the press! The error is only a few millimetres wide, but that's enough to mar a small print like this (it's 10cm square).
After printing another copy I found that the error was consistent. I fixed it by hand-burnishing that edge before putting the block through the press, which seem to stick it in the correct place.
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