My first relief print (almost)

I had my first first-time relief print making class tonight, and boy are my arms tired. No really, they're exhausted, between the carving of a linoleum block and carrying a large oak armoire up the stairs the other day, my right arm is ready to go out to pasture. My class was really fun, though, regardless of my noodle arm. It consists of me, my friend Shana and another woman. Our teacher teaches various printmaking techniques at the Art Institute school and does a lot of woodblock and linoleum block prints. He's pretty cool. I jumped into this class because it piqued both my and Shana's interests, though I had no idea what I was getting into. I'm very excited. My simplistic doodles (I like to think I draw like a sophisticated 3rd grader) may lend itself to more simple prints. At least they'll be easy to start with. I decided to make a print of our dearly departed pooch, Miss Ivy. I drew my little shorthand sketch of her on the linoleum and now I'm chipping away wherever I didn't draw. We made rubbings after we'd been working for a while to check out our progress. Fun.

Comments

[Sharon]

Claire,

I love the print!! And it does look like little Miss Ivy...It's so sweet... and your first time was a real winner...such a great idea to do sweet Miss Ivy! I'm really glad I met her.