Fort Greene Park, linocut with watercolor additions, 2012
I made the block for this print back in 2010, and decided to reprint an edition of this for 2012. It’s a depiction of Fort Greene Park, the wonderfully peaceful and shady park near my home in Fort Greene where you can wander among the trees and rolling hills. What I like about the park (designed by the Olmstead-Vaux team that designed Central Park) is its abundance of trees and grass, the hills and walkways, and the size — it’s big enough that it feels ample and spacious, but it’s not so overwhelming (it’s about 30 acres) that you are ever lost in it and don’t know where you are.
I drew the sketch for this print while sitting on the top of the hill that overlooks the tennis courts and lawn that serves as a soccer field. I love how you can see the tops of the brownstones on Washington Park peering above the treetops at the edge of the park. For this edition I printed the block in black ink and later hand painted some watercolor washes over the sky, trees and grass to add a little bit of color.
I use some wonderful sable haired brushes that a friend gave me once…
Paintbrushes and color strip
Prints before adding watercolor
Close up
Completed print signed, numbered and dated
Available in my Etsy shop here.
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Tags: by Michelle Han, Fort Greene Park, linocut
January 10, 2012 at 8:50 PM |
I love seeing the step-by-step here.