New lino block

Not a great deal of artwork done over the Christmas period, but I did get round to carving a new lino block yesterday.  I tried it out on an A3 sheet of paper which had previously been lightly sponged with blue and green inks.

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I used white gesso as my printing medium which didn't stand out very well on the pale background so, once dry,  I added a random wash of watery blue acrylic ink to enhance the pattern.  I finished off with a splatter of dark blue, then silver acrylic.  The design is still very subtle and the paper will be probably be used for some form of folded book.

The block started off as a 4" square, but since printing with it I decided to trim the design for a more organic shape.