Albrecht Dürer and my passion for woodcut art

[gray]

Superb, detailed looking work ernie.

[ernie-f]

Thank You ALL.
Here's todays update of my new drawing.

[Jonopen]

Ernie, your new work is excellent, and I’m excited to follow this thread.

I read your previous post at the time and have just reread it just now. I had forgotten what a great method you had discovered using the Shape Painter tool and pressure sensitivity to emulate wood engraving.

For a long time I have had a strong interest in wood engraving and it’s one of my favourite printmaking techniques, although I’ve never actually tried it.

Dürer was a masterful engraver but there are still a few skilled practitioners keeping the craft alive. The Society of Wood engravers (SWE) is a good place to see some of their current work. Of course there’s nothing like seeing an original print.

https://www.woodengravers.co.uk/

As you mentioned earlier there are many wonderful inspirational digital artists here on the TG forum, but I particularly admire anyone, who like you, have the ambition and dedication to keep working away on a project whenever you get a few spare moments. I’m afraid my hard disk is littered with unfinished work and undeveloped ideas.

I’m really looking forward to the ongoing progress of your drawing (of R. unicornis ?)

[ernie-f]

Hello Jono, thank you for your kind words.

Yeah, you’re right. The woodcut scene is currently dominated by excellent artists in England.
No wonder it was the Englishman Thomas Bewick who revolutionized woodblock prints.

Thomas Bewick, graphic designer and woodcutter (1753-1828), created a number of works in the final years of the 18th century.
By the end of the 19th century, all the previously valid form cutting rules were turned upside down and thus revolutionized woodcut.

Bewick began to stab his figures in brainwood instead of longwood. He used boxwood discs sawn across the trunk.
Instead of the previous knife, he used a grave prick with a V-shaped cross-section.

If you have the opportunity, join one of the many woodcut workshops.
It’s an experience you never forget and it’s fun too. This gives you awe of the skills of the old and new masters.

Cheers Ernie

[wizard509]

Ernie those are wonderful.

[ernie-f]

So, here we go with the R. . . by A. Dürer.
I have decided to always post the last picture first and the current one second. So you can follow better what has changed or what is new.

I will mention it again it is a horrible, time consuming job. But I wanted it that way.



Have fun and stay healthy.

[handrawn]

masochisic eh

but you are so damn close to the original I can't tell the difference, way to go !

[ernie-f]

masochisic eh

Not at all. But where passion is …