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14 posts with the tag black
David Bentley
ink
I did this quickly to fill an old frame that has three windows in it. I’m not pretending they are great drawings, but they look quite nice in the frame together with my other three birds. (See 0166 a
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David Bentley
tetra_etch
A bit of an experiment trying to depict the countryside after rain has fallen. I did a number of prints, most of them unsatisfactory, and just showing the best one here. #tetra_etch #landscape #black
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David Bentley
tetra_etch
Sitting in the car park at Bobbin Head, eating ice cream, as one does, I was admiring the clouds at the end of the day. I wondered if I could do a landscape of this, and when I got home attempted to
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David Bentley
lino
A view of Middle Harbour as if up high, imagined as I have neither a drone nor a helicopter. Originally I did a charcoal sketch, a few lines, then wondered if I could do a Lino print. Charcoal is pr
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David Bentley
photo
Same notes as the last couple of photos. The coconut was interesting to photograph, and final print shows a slight tinge of brown that is less obvious here. #photo #still-life #black
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David Bentley
drypoint_etch
Continuing my run of dry point work I did a few more grass plants collected on the daily dog walk. #drypoint_etch #plant #black
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David Bentley
drypoint_etch
If three pears are good then is a pear plant that and an apple better? I don’t think so! Very simple with little nuance. Keeping up the skills. #drypoint_etch #still-life #black
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David Bentley
drypoint_etch
Experimenting with a still life, I also did this as a tetra pack but wasn’t happy with the result, so it’s not in this archive. I did water colour the final print but have chosen to show just the bla
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David Bentley
woodcut
This was a woodcut, not an original design but a trial of a technique other than Lino cut. I printed on cheap paper which may be why the print isn’t the best. I found getting clean edges and detail t
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David Bentley
lino
I was playing around with Japanese calligraphy paper when I printed this one. It’s not a bad composition, and I tried different styles of cutting for the trees. But the smudges in the dark area look
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David Bentley
lino
Not one of my best, I was having fun drawing a maze on a piece of blue Lino. The print was ordinary, and then I coloured it in bright colours. I thought of making each segment a district colour, but
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David Bentley
lino
This set was the first Lino cuts I entered into an art show. Apparently when being hung they were discussed, being totally different to anything else on display, but it didn’t sell. In entering I to
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David Bentley
lino
A simple design on a small piece of Lino, selective inking rather than masking. #lino #black #horizon
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David Bentley
drypoint_etch
My first attempt at drypoint etching. I’m sure the original image came from the internet. The paper was a bit wet so it smudged. #drypoint_etch #still-life #black
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