tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post3348001025930142705..comments2023-10-11T11:42:47.834+01:00Comments on purple podded peas: It's easy when you know howCelia Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-15700928265808259562011-11-10T18:51:24.065+00:002011-11-10T18:51:24.065+00:00What a wonderful experience to watch him work lik ...What a wonderful experience to watch him work lik that. Have you done any yet?Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-4006130250256356762011-11-10T17:12:59.464+00:002011-11-10T17:12:59.464+00:00Isn't it great to watch someone so talented at...Isn't it great to watch someone so talented at work and the results were so good in two hours!!Cathy at PotterJotterhttp://potterjotter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-60426512974002476542011-11-09T17:17:42.094+00:002011-11-09T17:17:42.094+00:00Fascinating! How wonderful you were allowed to tak...Fascinating! How wonderful you were allowed to take photographs. You must have gone away buzzing with inspiration. Fascinating, thank you Celia for letting us watch too. Vanessa xxxdo you mind if i knithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16515571548024816738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-23779714114492077652011-11-08T19:04:50.521+00:002011-11-08T19:04:50.521+00:00Good evening Celia,
That was a truly wonderful po...Good evening Celia,<br /><br />That was a truly wonderful post. To watch an artist at work is awe inspiring. I have fond memories of Kettle's Yard from many moons ago.<br /><br />Did you look at the Fairysteps website by the way?millefeuilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608950213999238191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-9668412046059999612011-11-08T16:11:23.366+00:002011-11-08T16:11:23.366+00:00It's a pleasure, Frances - and also a record f...It's a pleasure, Frances - and also a record for me.<br /><br />Patricia G - yes, I didn't realise he uses standard watercolours.<br /><br />Dinahmow - yep! speed!<br /><br />Frances - I learnt a lot in 2 hours... in fact I've been able to apply one of the tips today :-)<br /><br />Hi Lesley - no complex reductions here, multiple blocks so you can revisit and revise, it's a lot easier than you think, really!<br /><br />Thrifty Household - a very impressive free workshop!<br /><br />Rhiannon - I've picked up enough to have a go, but I'm sure it's all down to practice and adjustments from experience.<br /><br />Lizzie - I need to try it myself, it's a balance between the damp paper, wet paint and absorbency of the wood - a bit like cooking, you have to do it to get a feel of what is needed.<br /><br />Sarah - sorry, I'm not elaborating further about Yu Chengyou's technique, I'm, sure you'll be able to hunt down videos and blogs that give more clues ro find courses and workshops you can attend.<br />And I'll do further blogposts about my own experiments.<br /><br /><br />Celia<br />xCelia Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776686088752602321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-49707744069789730962011-11-07T18:39:18.476+00:002011-11-07T18:39:18.476+00:00Please more details!Please more details!Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-11410482217074233012011-11-07T16:42:24.674+00:002011-11-07T16:42:24.674+00:00That's a fascinating insight and I LOVE that b...That's a fascinating insight and I LOVE that beautiful flower. I can see why you were so inspired!Planet Pennyhttp://planetpenny.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-23821805517255500322011-11-07T14:24:31.649+00:002011-11-07T14:24:31.649+00:00How wonderful, I am sure you will be fired with en...How wonderful, I am sure you will be fired with enthusiasm!Acornmoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14982884920388966786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-64236081809955006812011-11-07T13:33:10.970+00:002011-11-07T13:33:10.970+00:00How good all this sounds.How good all this sounds.Fionahttp://www.tizduster.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-27616685613304636482011-11-07T10:18:45.077+00:002011-11-07T10:18:45.077+00:00Wow, I never would have thought of printing with w...Wow, I never would have thought of printing with watercolour paints. The results were absolutely breathtaking. 30 years' experience clearly gives the best results - If I start now... <br />Thank you for sharing this. It must have been a priviledge to be there.Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918211625453430621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-41867664654341954862011-11-07T10:15:24.785+00:002011-11-07T10:15:24.785+00:00So interesting. I have so many questions about thi...So interesting. I have so many questions about this but I think that is because I probably need to have watched it being done.<br />Can't wait to see what you do with your ply.Rhiannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860482761465954204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-74754725913071665462011-11-07T09:01:38.697+00:002011-11-07T09:01:38.697+00:00Thank you so much for sharing your visit- I'd ...Thank you so much for sharing your visit- I'd been looking forward to seeing what was done. It looks amazing!Thrifty Householdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043667290330488244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-52704085025702219392011-11-07T07:13:26.681+00:002011-11-07T07:13:26.681+00:00What a fantastic workshop Celia. I love seeing a m...What a fantastic workshop Celia. I love seeing a master at work but I can never get my head around the reductive layers of a woodblock or linocut so I would be useless at this. Looking forward to seeing what you do with that birch ply.LAC EMP 2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/01999825212820503519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-90677085759968643652011-11-07T01:03:11.559+00:002011-11-07T01:03:11.559+00:00Oh, lucky you, Celia, to be able to watch this art...Oh, lucky you, Celia, to be able to watch this artist at work, take such grand photos and notes, and to get the "feel" of how he works.<br /><br />I'd also like to go buy some plywood, but don't know where to go to buy the time to try a woodblock's cutting.<br /><br />I am so hoping to find that time in 2012.<br /><br />Please let us see how you apply what you learned from this session.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-38907055780724552592011-11-06T21:40:58.575+00:002011-11-06T21:40:58.575+00:00The trick, I think, is to work fast.
And, yes, 30 ...The trick, I think, is to work fast.<br />And, yes, 30 years of skill-building is good! :-)<br />Thanks for this, Celia.I'll give it a whirl once I find some usable wood.dinahmowhttp://moreidlethoughts.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-79250069113911494122011-11-06T21:04:12.657+00:002011-11-06T21:04:12.657+00:00Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I can't belie...Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I can't believe he got such fabulous printing using watercolour paints.Patricia Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478222039198029295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1220897337333701839.post-55105582451853343852011-11-06T20:35:28.709+00:002011-11-06T20:35:28.709+00:00What a wonderful post - thank you Celia :DWhat a wonderful post - thank you Celia :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com