Back Together One Last Time

This current series of woodcut classes in Belmar has only two students, and because each had some scheduling conflicts, sometimes I had only one or the other present in a given week.  But for our last meeting of the season I had both students there and producing prints.  Mary (above) brought in her white line leaf print that she had started inking last week.  Lots more color on it now (you can see a little piece of it at the top of the photo) and she continued to layer it on tonight before setting it aside to try inking a new small print, a potential Christmas card.

Carolyn had missed last week, but used her time away to finish cutting away the negative space around the figure.  She borrowed one of my V gouges to finish cutting some details and we pulled a first proof just as the class was due to end.

And with that, another year of woodcuts in Belmar draws to a close.  No one has time around the holidays for classes, including me, so we'll be taking a break until early next year.  No need to worry about my regulars from tonight- like most of my students they invested in their own tools, and will likely continue cutting on their own into the new year.