Mike Lyon

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16 Views of Peregrine Bunny 128 inch pen and ink drawing

May 20, 2010 By Mike Lyon

An unusual edition of three original pen and ink drawings plus two proofs — drawing began in late April and finished up in late May.  Can drawings be prints? These are not at all printerly, but there ARE three identical (in the sense of an edition of prints) original drawings, each one measuring 18 x […]

Filed Under: Drawing, Featured, Video Tagged With: Accordion, Anticipation, Black Ink, Blurry Images, Hot Press, Ink Drawing, Ink Pen, Mouse Button, Moving, Pen And Ink, Pen And Ink Drawings, Peregrine, Peregrine Honig, Prints, Resolution Version, Scott Goldberg, Sequined Mini Dress, Trampoline, Variations, Watercolor Paper, Web Page

Shannon and Danielle

April 25, 2004 By Mike Lyon

In this print I not only appreciate the quiet moment portrayed, but wished especially to challenge myself with the pinstripe pattern in Danielle’s robe. I was ecstatic when the tiny sections of stripes in each block were accurately registered during printing into a believable image. Whoopee! But the most beautiful areas of the print may […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Danielle, Robe, Shannon, Stripes, Variations

Self Portrait

January 15, 2004 By Mike Lyon

Another mostly failed attempt to realize a full-color woodcut. The source was a water-color self portrait I painted a few years ago. The reduction print was carved from three blocks in various reductions. A ‘yellow’ block was carved and printed three times, a ‘blue’ block was carved and printed four times, and a ‘red’ block […]

Filed Under: Painting, Woodblock Tagged With: Color Woodcut, Gradations, Hosho, Reds, Self Portrait, Variations, Water Color, Yamaguchi

Dog Dream reduction woodcut

June 30, 1996 By Mike Lyon

My original drawing was done very quickly in pencil, then color was indicated using colored pencil. All colored areas in the prints were printed from a single block printed and reduced by carving through many printings.  First the areas to remain white were removed by carving the block. then the block was printed in pale […]

Filed Under: Woodblock Tagged With: Colored Pencil, Dog Drawing, Ink, Prints, Variations

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