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16 posts with the tag orange
David Bentley
lino
Another in the series, this time I’ve actually done a Lino print with watercolour, and brightened digitally. What’s at the bottom? ———————————————————— Technique: #lino Theme: #abstract Highlight col
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David Bentley
draw
The hand drawn digital prints (like 0304 and 0300) are lovely and bright, but lack texture. This is from a charcoal drawing, water coloured in grey, pale red and a muted yellow, with a little blue Ju
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David Bentley
lino
This bears no relationship to the inspiration, a simple drawing of two hills in muted greys. Done in print class with a limited range of Akua colours to choose from - and not the yellows I was planni
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David Bentley
draw
Hand drawn, photographed and then digitally coloured. Variation on a theme, interpret it as you like. ———————————————————— Technique: #draw #digital Theme: #abstract Highlight colour: #red #orange #
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David Bentley
draw
A random idea - the best sort - popped into my head while visiting my mother, scribbled onto a card in my pocket. I scribbled around on my phone with a few ideas before trying this out. A hand drawin
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David Bentley
lino
Scratched the original idea on a napkin, like so. Always pays to have a sharpie in one’s pocket. I had a couple of titles before settling on “Which way?” The usual Lino cut, watercolour and digital
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David Bentley
lino
An experiment printing onto a page of an old book, in this case Thinking and Destiny by Harold W. Percival 1946. This is a picture of the framed result, I don’t have the proportions quite right. Or m
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David Bentley
lino
After 0147, I thought it may look nice in my lounge room, but the colours were wrong. Easily fixed! The previous print, Van Gogh’s cornfield, had faded and looked drab, but was in a very large frame
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David Bentley
photo
A month or so ago I went exploring for new subjects for my photography. Some nearby friends had poppies coming into flower, so an easy choice of subject. Technique: #photo Theme: #flower Highlight co
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David Bentley
digital
This is 0241 Brickwork Variation 1 manipulated further. Almost unbelievable, but true. Technique: #digital Theme: #abstract Highlight colour: #yellow #orange Series: Merchandise: RedBubble
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David Bentley
digital
A brick path, digitised, brightened, and an awkward angle to create a little visual tension. Technique: #digital Theme: #abstract Highlight colour: #yellow #orange Series: Merchandise: RedBubble
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David Bentley
lino
I discovered that the hibiscus is quite difficult to do as a Lino print with its variegated petals. When I saw and photographed the flower it was a windy afternoon and I thought to try c and build it
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David Bentley
lino
I had several attempts at this one, starting with a sharpie pen to try and do something different. It was rubbish. But when I get back to Lino the design comes out better. Something to do with the cu
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David Bentley
micro-art
Back in 2007 I started playing with ink doodles that I scanned, printed and coloured. (See 0060 for another example.) While I catalogued them at the time I rediscovered this one in a frame that wasn’
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David Bentley
lino
The flowers on the Castanospermum Australe Black Bean tree were, I discovered when out walking, more on the internal branches. Different, I thought; I should do a Lino print, and took a photo. The le
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David Bentley
lino
This is a reduction print, trying the technique for the first time, in two colours. The inspiration came from a flower in my mother’s garden. #lino #flower #orange
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