Goldfinches - lino prints on gift tags for Christmas

My favourite birds - goldfinches. Up to 10 goldfinches at a time visit my garden to eat sunflower hearts, niger seed and to perch on and peck at teazels. I can see them from my studio window. Unlike blue tits, they sit fairly still for quite a while which helps ifyou are trying to draw them!
  Other visitors include a woodpecker, starlings, blackbirds, great tits, bullfinches, sparrows and, in deeper winter, siskins, fieldfares and redwings.

 

While I was drawing, I was listening to the 'Be Good Tanyas' who sang, 'the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs...'.

 

 

How to create a drypont print

Have you ever wondered what a drypoint print is and how it is made?   If so, have a look at my video which you can see on my YouTube channel signposted on my website www.lindanevill.com or go straight to:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LindaNevillprnt

Pulling the strings - lino print

Who's pulling your strings? Maintaining your balance in life can be precarious. Is there a shadow behind you?

'Finding the Balance' exhibition, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 20 April - 18 May 2013