eric gaskell

I print colourful things and draw a bit as well.

[eric gaskell @ericgaskell1957]

@HMRCcustomers Every time I try to cancel my "Marriage Allowance" it takes me to the form, not to cancel, but to apply. I have tried this several times!

[eric gaskell @ericgaskell1957]

Coloured pencil and pencil and ink drawings made while I wait, endlessly, for the ink to dry on. linocut. #drawing #colouredpencildrawing #inkdrawing

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If anyone is in the rather beautiful area of Ashbourne in the Peak District, you might like to visit this: https://t.co/w0roFH67vV

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Couldn't resist posting my linocut of Standedge after @BBCBreakfast report this morning.

[eric gaskell @ericgaskell1957]

I have added another of my drawing books to my YouTube channel and added it to my website (https://t.co/IH2mrZmOnk). Mostly ink drawings in Cornwall made in the summer of 2018. Hope you like them.
https://t.co/vNFjYoDF8F

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Difficult to get a good photograph of this. Each small image is 60 x 40mm, but I think it comes across okay. It was meant to be focussing on the composition of the paintings rather than the content and annoyingly one missed off a "chunk".

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"Sea Grief" multiblock reduction linocut. The stormy clouds have quite an embossed quality (they weren't embossed) but are a nice contrast to the other flat clouds. Again the rain adds a little depth and interest.

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An in situ A5 ink and pencil drawing of trees in Rugby. I imagine Rugby people may know them. #rdawing #inkdrawing #sketchart

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“A chair in Barry”. An A5 ink drawing.

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For your diary and as a heads-up I will have a few pieces in this very eclectic mix of work from the @drawingsocietyuk on the edge of the Peak District, a lovely place to visit. @courtneygallery50 #drawing #drawingexhibition #peakdistrict

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"Caldecott Park, Rugby" drawn in-situ in a Strathmore toned grey book.
#rugbytown #drawing #drawingtrees

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Me being made a member of the august RBSA with Viv Astling (President). @rbsagallery

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Caldecott Park, Rugby. Derwent drawing pencils in sketch book, sunny day, 17 May.

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"The fate of Phaeton" a multi-block, reduction linocut. Yet again an excuse to look at varying types of graphic imagery, texture and description. I added the basic storyline and a detail. Soon to be added to my website. #linocut #greekmyth #printmaking #reliefprintmaking

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"To Knossos" multi-block reduction linout. Yet another of my excuses to do whatever I feel like, then give it a title which sets a story. The original idea was to look at three different ways to describe the three elements, land, water and sky. #seascape #printmaking #linocut

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@higgledygarden How long does he expect the water to last, because unless he has a secret pipe to the canal constantly keeping it full (or he is below the water table) eventually it will drain away.

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@Greenwichprints @jackibaxterart Go for it Jacki.

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I really like this description of painting, which I think works for printmaking as well.

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Upcoming show at Art at the Alex of recent linocuts that all have water in them, somewhere. Check their site for times.

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The idea for this linocut came, not only from older prints, but perhaps more from a painting made many years earlier. The intention was recreating the painterly qualities. As is usual that fell by the wayside and the result is quite different from the painting.