Behind the Scenes - Sketches
Penelope’s Bunny
Getting ready to engrave. A wood engraving is carved onto a small block of end-grained hardwood. Here, the wood is carved against the grain. Master engravers can achieve extremely fine detail in end-grained hardwood. Obviously, I’m not in that category.
Sweet Baby
Original drawing for Sweet Baby etching. Notice the image on the final print is a mirror image.
Original drawing for “Bath Time.”