Last Thursday, I went to see the Tate Modern exhibition of Gerhard Richter's works. I've been too distracted by other things to make my mind up fully about what I saw. I can say right now that I wasn't aware he based a lot of early paintings on photographs. I'm not sure about using photos. I've said it before that it offers up a 2D representation of the subject and loses something when it's rendered as a painting or drawing - you fall foul of trying to be true to what the camera sees. The result is flat, to my mind. Then there's that phenomenon of depth of field, the way a camera can blur the background to focus on the subject more - which the eye isn't generally aware of, I think.
Today I bought a scrap of lino to produce my Winter Solstice card. I also sat down for the first time and thought about what it might be. I'm not exactly original in this respect and the first idea is a candle :D
I've already sketched and prepared the image for developing into a lino cut.
Let's see how that goes.
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