‘I love Whitstable’ linocut, (work-in-progress)

The width of the pen represents a realistic thickness of manageable cut

Cutting the outer line first, for precisions’ sake

Digging out the rest...

I left the oysters free-form, or without an outline, as I don’t like quite everything to be battened down

It’s all carved.

Taking a rubbing

A great tip to see if your linocut is looking good is to use a soft pencil and try a rubbing, albeit back-to-front. It is a handy measure of progress and changes can be rectified before you waste time with a first proof.