More Woodcut Class

The woodcut class that started yesterday continued to today.  No rain today, but I still got there by around 4 pm just in case. Discussed a few things with Nichole, reserved and set up in #3, then relaxed until it was time to start.

Because I had one student yesterday, only one today as well.  But she was there on time and brought in two sketched out ideas for prints, both of which had the potential to be successful, so the first thing was getting her to choose one.  Cut her a hunk of plywood.  Did a tool lesson and a safety lesson, and showed the use of non-skid mats and bench hooks, and looked over some prints (historical and mine) for methods of cutting, but after that she was ready to start.  Did a pencil drawing.  After I showed her a block ink drawing I had a photo of she was very intrigued, but we didn't have the material to try it.  (may try one on the back of her block later) She asked to borrow a tool until next week, but I draw the line there, so I let her copy stuff out of the catalog, told her which ones we were using tonight, and she made some progress on her block image and cutting.  But before long the class was over, so we cleaned up and packed up.  Forgot to take the camera out, so no photos from tonight.  Next week should be more interesting anyway.