Bass Harbor Lighthouse - miniprint

Bass Harbor Lighthouse

Beginning to start a couple new 3x3" mini prints in hopes that come November some of the art shows that I submit to each year will be able to go on.

I have a couple different ideas floating around for this piece.  When we visited Bass Harbor Lighthouse this past September we were there for sunset, but when we first arrived it was lit with "standard" sunlight.  As the sun went down though the colors being reflected off of the building altered as did the color of the sky.  I actually have created two separate lino blocks for this particular piece.  I plan on doing one for daylight and one for sunset.

Initially I wasn't too sure about which I wanted to do so I scanned the lino block into my computer using a scanner and printed out 6 black and white images of just the drawn image.  I then used my photos and a little bit of artistic license to play with different looks.  These little thumbnails are actual size of the block, but allow me the opportunity to see kinda what works and what won't.

Hopefully within a week or so I'll be able to start posting the printed progressions of both versions.

#art #printmaking #linocut #lino #reductionlinocut #lighthouse #bassharbor #maine #printingprocess #thumbnailtests