August's spiral shell drawing pencil and ink on paper ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Below the Brine I print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
The ambiguity of the Ran myth intrigues me still. I am attracted to the relatable human quality of her moods...calm, playful, stern, raging... not many female characters are able to be more than one thing in mythology that I have read about - women are either good or evil, victims or villains, virgins or seducers - Ran could be any or all of these. I wonder if the oral tradition of these myths were still alive if her character would be more black and white or just as ambiguous. My hope would be the ambiguous - like the ocean able to change in a heartbeat - how much more interesting and realistic.
Three calmer and possibly more playful moods in Below the Brine but the net is still there glinting and dazzling, waiting, biding its time or with the potential to change?...
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Below the Brine II in three stages print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Below the Brine III print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Deeply Darkly print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Further explorations into Ran's many moods. I am enjoying the linear elements in the compositions which I think give an added chaotic energy and tension. What do you think?
These pieces are available at Folksy and Etsy.
Deeply Darkly II print and mixed media 20x21cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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Sketchbook experiments in mixed media ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
'...have gold, so if lost at sea you aren't empty handed to Ran's hall'
- Fridhjaf's saga
Golden tributes thrown over the side of the boat to appease Ran for a safe crossing whilst a recurring theme in many mythologies is to pay the boatman for crossing into the next life. The more about mythology that I read the more connections I make between peoples and cultures, we are more alike than not. The same worries and fears even over vast distances and time, I wish we could remember that a bit more.
Ghost print from Scintillating II with mixed media ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Ran's Glimmers ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
The gold mica paint is from a set by Kuretake - Gansai Tambi Starry Colours which is a range of 6 from silver pearl to a deep rich gold.
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Beachcombed Beauties in mid blue fabric in & Wallpaper designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower |
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Beachcombed Beauties fabric & Wallpaper in Mid Blue designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower |
Which colour is your favourite? I am rather liking the Midnight Blue.
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Beachcombed Beauties fabric & Wallpaper designed by LisaLeQuelenec available at Spoonflower |
A bit too late to be included but this is July's spiral drawing. The spiral of this cone shell is completely flat. I was really attracted to the contrast of the white with sepia markings that made it a joy to draw. This one may end up in it's own pattern at a later date at the moment I'm enjoying observing the shell from all angles whilst it sits on my desk.
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July's spiral ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
I have been having much fun experimenting with different types of netting and getting very inky whilst printing them....
Example no.1 fruit bag netting from the supermarket ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
First up, example no.1 fruit netting from the supermarket - very fine nylon, easy to rip and manipulate although does sometimes spring back unless very stretched out first. In some examples the ink collects at the join and prints spots of ink within the diamond shapes. This type of net gives very uniform shapes.
Example no.3 net from the haberdashery shop used for dance skirt petticoats ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Example No. 3 a thick weave hessian ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Example no.4 Scrim ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Whilst running example through the press on top of misprints and practise prints I used copier paper to protect the press blankets. This has given me lots of sheets with reverse prints that I can use as sketch paper for drawing into. I might make a sketchbook from them at a later date.
Sketchbook Experiment Stage 1 collagraph and mixed media ©2025 |
Sketchbook Experiment Stage 2 collagraph and mixed media overprinted with hessian netting ©2025 |
Sketchbook Experiment Stage 3 collagraph and mixed media overprinted with netting and further added mixed media©2025 |
June's spiral drawing for 2025 pencil on toned sketchbook page ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
This shell had lots of lumps and bumps to navigate and textures too. The spines were satisfying to draw - some had received a bit of damage to their tips but I think it adds to its character.
This year is running away fast. Can you believe that it is June already? It doesn't feel like I have done six spiral drawings already this year and yet here they are...
Detail of June's spiral drawing for 2025 pencil on toned sketchbook page ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
New images available at RedBubble. Currently there is a 25% discount sitewide so you can treat yourself to these or any other piece for less. The offer ends soon...
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Prints available at RedBubble ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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Room to Run ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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A distinguished Gentleman ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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Moonshine ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
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Glinting Moonlight ©2025LisaLequelenec |
Taking a line for a walk sketchbook page 8x15cm approx ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
I have so many sketches like this - scribbly lines that I have drawn trying to capture the lines and movement in wind disturbed water. I must have spent days maybe weeks worth of hours watching and listening to where the breeze ruckles and ruffles one area more than another, looking at edges and tonal patterns, feeling the differentials of air, smelling and tasting the salt, observing the sun scintillating across the surface. Although a full sensory experience it is also a calming and soothing way to spend time, maybe the hypnotic patterns blow away any worries that I have.
Taking a number of sketches and memories I have made a drypoint which I think maybe the first in a series of explorations of these scribbles and thoughtnotes.
Scintillating drypoint etching and plate ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
Scintillating drypoint etching 8x15cm ©2025LisaLeQuelenec |
This print is available in my Folksy store and I have added a second proof print to my Etsy Store. There will be a varies edition of around ten prints once I have finished with this plate but I was getting to impatient and had to share this one with you now ;o)