Cecca Whetnall

Joined Artfinder: Feb. 2023

Artworks for sale: 8

United Kingdom

Updates from Cecca Whetnall's studio

  • Poole Printmakers Exhibition Poster

    Poole Printmakers Exhibition Poster

    The Russell-Cotes exhibition poster featuring my linocut.

    07 March 2023
    Hanging in the Russell-Cotes

    Hanging in the Russell-Cotes

    When Poole Printmakers had their annual exhibition in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum my East Cliff Hall Linocut of the museum was hung to kick off the exhibition.

    07 March 2023
    Tiger in the Gardens

    Tiger in the Gardens

    When I was teaching printmaking in a hotel near Bournemouth beach the owner had the brilliant idea of creating some huge prints of some of the artist/teacher’s work to line the external walls of their cafe garden. My ‘Tiger tea time’ linocut was reproduced at about 6ft square and could be seen when walking through Bournemouth Lower gardens to the pier. It looked amazing!

    07 March 2023
    Finished Tiger

    Finished Tiger

    Shot of the finished Tiger Tea Time print taken in the studio

    07 March 2023
    Tiger works in progress

    Tiger works in progress

    Here are some work in progress pictures of my Tiger Tea Time linocut. In the bottom right print you can see the yellow and orange layers are in their final state but the black key block layer is still a work in progress.

    07 March 2023
    Cutting the Black block of Tiger Tea Time

    Cutting the Black block of Tiger Tea Time

    Here's a picture where I've started to cut the tiger tea time key block. A key block is sometimes used in printmaking to bring all of the other coloured blocks together. It contains more structural elements and outlines which will make sense of other less detailed areas of colour. In my tiger tea time print I've used black for my key block layer.

    07 March 2023
    Cutting the 2nd Block - East Cliff Hall

    Cutting the 2nd Block - East Cliff Hall

    This photo shows a close up of the lino block which would be used for the red layer of this print. You can see that I've printed the blue block onto it, as a method for copying the design onto the block before carving. I've then pencilled in the areas I need to remove from the red block. You can see that I've started to remove some of the areas that will become cream (with no underlying blue or red) in the finished print.

    24 February 2023
    Tracing from the sketch

    Tracing from the sketch

    For each of my Dorset linocut prints I started by creating a full colour painting of the design. The next step was to trace each colour layer from the painting and transfer it to the lino.

    24 February 2023
    Preparatory sketch for East Cliff Hall

    Preparatory sketch for East Cliff Hall

    For each of my linocut prints I start out by sketching ideas for designs. I then work up a more finalised version in colour so that I can plan out how I need to cut each lino block for the finished print. Here is my gouache painting of the Russell-Cotes art gallery. As you can see, it's very close to my final linocut print.

    24 February 2023
    Printing on the Albion press at Poole Printmakers

    Printing on the Albion press at Poole Printmakers

    Here I am carefully lining up a print to register a 2nd layer. I'm in Poole Printmaker's studio, a lovely little studio in the heart of Poole. And I'm printing using the lovely old Albion press.

    24 February 2023