Stealthy Lines and Excessive Colour

I saw some prints by Eric Gill at an art show in London and was rather impressed by the simplicity of line that he employed.  I took a couple of the photographs that I'd taken whilst traversing Sri Lanka, and drew the pertinent features on to some lino to try making prints in a similar style.  

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A work in progress, all the way to the finished painting.  This is of the interior of a bus in Sri Lanka.  It was quite opulent, with red velvet drapes hanging from the ceiling.  Still rather uncomfortable for anyone over 5 foot tall, but I'm sure the opulence made up for it in a rather roundabout manner. 

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My trip to Sri Lanka was designed to be a reportage drawing journey.  I was to visit lots of places, talk to people, watch the world go by, and paint as I went.  I took a (flipping heavy) moleskine watercolour A4 hardback book to keep a track of everything as I went, and chose a selection of different styles to work in en-route.  This gave the finished project an interesting, hotchpotch feel to it, and is a method that I'm going to employ in future travel journals.  What I noticed and enjoyed most about this method of travel is that it's very easy to meet people, everyone wants to know you, and despite being a solitary experience, it's very sociable too.  I recommend it to everyone. 

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If someone said to me, "Would you like to go back to Sri Lanka this afternoon, drop everything and just go?", I'd say yes.  Last November's trip was wonderful, I fell in love with the place and would recommend it to anyone who fancied visiting somewhere a little different.  Beautiful. 

Inside a Sari Shop in Kandi.

Stormclouds gathering in Negambo.

Monks passing by a door.

Mists in the tea-country.

My driver.

Shack by Negambo fish market.

King coconut seller on the south west coast.

View from the train after leaving Colombo.

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