Walking the Dogs - lino monoprints

Charlie   lino monoprint 25x15cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Charlie is a greyhound that I see regularly when I am walking my trusty studio assistant. He is quite the character, shy when spoken to directly, loving and sweet natured but rather vocal in his requests to play which for some is a little off putting. His long limbed elegance makes him an endearing model.

Jim   lino monoprint 25x15cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Jim the German Shepherd, friendly and floofy with an easy going smile and kind eyes. Likes scritches, gravy bones and snoozing in the sun.

Cleo, a lovely pup, full of lively puppy energy and rather ball obsessed. You'd never be able to forget 'arm day' with this doggo as every day is an endurance test of ball games.

All three of these delightful doggos are available in my Folksy store .

You can't stop the tide - mixed media

 

You can't stop the Tide I   mixed media on paper 14x14cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

You can't stop the Tide II   mixed media on paper 14x14cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

You can't stop the Tide III   mixed media on paper 14x14cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

These three pieces started as collagraphs made a while back but there was something not quite finished about them so they were set aside. I recently discovered them again hidden in a folder and thought the time was right to revisit them. Adding mixed media to adjust tones and variating the spray splashing over the groyne has made a small sequence that I am much happier with. Over the years I must have spent hours watching and waiting for the perfect splash of sea spray and with these three pieces finished I feel the time was well spent, just like the time they spent waiting for their moment in the folder.

Available in my Folksy Store.

Gulls, surf and monoprints - a process

 

Process for some new monoprints   surf and gulls   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Using the sketches from my circular sketchbook as a jumping point I spent a rather fun day making some monoprints. Not everything worked - and that is good as it means lessons are being learnt - but some did. So not only do I have some new prints for the Folksy store but I also have a pile of 'not quite there yet' prints to work into in mixed media which I am just as excited about. I am particularly excited about the prints made in the second pass with the circular mask removed. The resulting subtlety of the circular motif is something I think I can manipulate further.

Below are some of the pairs of initial prints with their second pass partners - I really like the second pass for the different sketchy marks and where there wasn't enough ink to transfer as I think it suits the subject in this case. I have lots more ideas to play with that will keep me busy.

 

Process for some new monoprints   surf and gulls   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Process for some new monoprints   surf and gulls   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Some of my gull series are available at RedBubble in their different reproduction print formats. As framed prints which style of framing do you prefer?

Surf Spray Gull series   available at RedBubble  ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

A gentle tide - monoprint

 

A Gentle Tide   monoprint 9.5x9.5cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Ohhhh I do love monoprinting! It is such an immediate and responsive way to work and generate ideas. I love the diffused tones that can be achieved....drawing with ink .....the suggestive marks...the messiness of it all (at least when I do it).

This is one of my favourite ones from a recent monoprinting session. It has the movement of the tide that I was aiming for. It is available here in my Folksy store.

Salt Water Shallows - Fabric, Wallpaper and Home Accessories

 

Salt Water Shallows in Yellow and Lavender a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Here we have it Salt Water Shallows a new collection of co ordinating patterns that can be mixed and matched for your personal salt water sanctuary. In five colour families inspired by the coast and treasures collected at the beach - available from Spoonflower.

Yellow and lavender for a sunny living room or cosy reading nook.

Salt Water Shallows in Yellow and Lavender a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Sea sage green for kitchen and dining....

Salt Water Shallows in Sea Sage Green a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Or maybe warm terracotta, reminiscent of coral and seashells..

Salt Water Shallows in Warm Terracotta a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Perhaps a bedroom in soothing deep duck egg and frosted mint aqua...

Salt Water Shallows in Deep Duck Egg & Frosted Mint a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and
home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Or the depth of warm evenings of summertime blues?

Salt Water Shallows in Summertime Blues a collection on fabrics, wallpaper and home accessories available from Spoonflower   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

For each colour family there is a selection of plain solid colours, pin stripes and all over dotty co-ordinating fabrics, wallpaper and accessories to combine with one or more of the main patterns. Spoonflower can reproduce the designs on a range of fabric from cotton and linen to chiffon and velvet to even further personalise your choice.

Some of the designs are a little smaller in scale which makes them ready to use in smaller craft projects.

The main designs are also available from RedBubble for further choices in accessories, for example aprons, mugs, coasters, tote bags, scarves and notebooks. I rather like some of the patterns on the summer dresses from RedBubble too. 

Colour palettes for a new Fabric and Wallpaper Collection.

 

I thought I would share how I start to play with colours and choose palettes for new pattern collections in fabric and wallpaper. I am very drawn at the moment to yellows, ochres and soft lilacs which feels like a big leap from the teals, blues and turquoise I have turned to in painting and printmaking lately.

Palette Inspiration Golden Yellow and Lavender   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

I am very inspired by this postcard that I picked up at the Russell-Cotes Museum of 'Magpie or Still Life with Magpie by Clementina M Hull 1866-1908. It may not come across in this picture but the colours are both subtle and vibrant and the complimentaries sing beautifully against each other. I need the cheerful colour in the middle of Winter amidst all the grey and dark.


Isolating the colours and curating them with shells, objects from my collections and paint swatches that I have painted is an interesting exercise. I like to move physical objects around and lay them on painted swatches as it feels more real than just manipulating on a screen. I want to see how colour behaves in different light and how it will drape around a form like fabric will in real life. It helps me to imagine how it can be used within a real setting. 

Colour Inspiration Sea Sage   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Palette Inspiration Summertime Blues   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Colour Inspiration Deep Duck Egg  ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Isn't the koi door handle and plate above stunningly beautiful? This is from the Russell-Cotes Museum too. The stripes are from corrugated plastic roofing on Boscombe pier - not quite so artisan and romantic but colour inspiring in its own way.

Colour Inspiration Warm Terracotta   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

This gorgeous botanical sample was photographed at an exhibition of May Morris designs last year. It was amazing to see the drawings, watercolours and evolution of her designs along side the finished work. 

You can see from these palettes that I am a bit of a magpie too, always collecting treasures, making connections. Sometimes the flotsam and jetsam takes years to surface and influence work but I think the benefit of time is important, ideas need to evolve and percolate waiting for the right moment.

The new Collection will hopefully be ready to share next week or the week after, I have been working away on them since December and am partway through loading them onto Spoonflower. 

Little Beach Treasures - a new sketchbook

 

Little beach treasures sketchbook pages   watercolour   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

A new sketchbook to record treasures found. It will include shells, pottery sherds, pebbles, driftwood, seaweed and any other interesting bits and pieces that I find and make their way home in my pocket. I think this sketchbook will be quite the visual diary. It is small, about 12x12cm, so nothing too intimidating, the sketches can only be to a certain level of detail. It will be my version of morning pages and will encourage me to keep my watercolour practice going. I have been finding it hard to keep up lately with other projects taking up all my time but hopefully this will be my motivation.

New Coastal Monoprints

 

Winter Moon   monoprint 12.5x12.5cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

More monoprints from recent printing sessions....

 Moonshine   monoprint 12.5x12.5cm   ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

A collection are available in my Folksy store.

Shell Seekers - new design collection for fabric and wallpaper

 

A new collection of designs in response to a design challenge on Spoonflower - the brief was Delft Tile.

I fell down a rabbit hole researching and wanted to emulate the calming, serene, peaceful and unhurried feelings the antique tiles evoke. Once the main design was created  I couldn't help but make a selection of co-ordinates, in what I hope could be used to make a peaceful sanctuary to retreat to. 

All the designs can bs viewed here in my Spoonflower store. Stationery and home accessories can be found here in my RedBubble shop.

Night Tide - collagraph variations

 

Night Tide    varied edition collagraphs    ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

One plate, an edition of 4 all, varied in the inking of the collagraph plate measuring 12.5x12.5cm.

One memory, a hot and humid evening watching summer storm clouds gathering across the bay. Metallic tasting air, an expectant silence.... then a sultry breeze and a rush back to the car before the storm broke and the rain fell in torrents. It is funny how a storm can stay with you for years, nestled away in your memory ready to be brought out and relived.

It feels quite apt to be posting about them now given the recent bit of weather the UK has been experiencing.

Night Tide - prints available at Folksy ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

The prints are available in my Folksy store.

Night Tide Artist Proof with mixed media ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

I tested the collagraph plate with these two proof prints and made a couple of adjustments before printing this small edition of four in blue black indigo ink. The six images together feel like they tell the story of that summer evening - each one a snap shot in time.

Night Tide Artist Proof with mixed media ©2026LisaLeQuelenec

Green Glass - mixed media

 

Green Glass   mixed media 18x12.5cm on canvas board   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

For now the final piece in my wave watching, I know I will return soon to them soon and maybe I will go a little larger...

This piece is available in my Folksy Store in the Mixed Media Collection.

November's spiral shell drawing

 

WIP spiral shell drawing   pencil and ink   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

November's drawing is a weighty one. I always think this shell would make a pretty lethal weapon. You can hold it in your hand very comfortably with it's claws between your fingers as it is a rather large specimen. I guess the creature that lives inside could potentially use it's protrusions to warn off predators maybe, it certainly looks fierce.

Can you believe that there is only one more drawing to go? I can't I feel like I have just been getting started but the year is going so fast! I will need to think up next years one-a-month project soon.

Spiral shell drawing   pencil and ink on paper   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

I am also VERY excited to show you the pattern that I made in the summer from the first six drawings, this is a sample of the fabric in the small scale in mid blue. I am so pleased with how this came out (even if I do say so myself) - and I did a happy dance! The fat quarter that I ordered is on the petal signature cotton but lots of other fabrics are available like velvet, fleece, twill, cotton silk, denim and I am very tempted to order some of the wallpaper as a sample (I will have to think up a project to use it on - I think it would be lovely as a book cover).

To see the available colourways click here and look for the Coastal Collection for the relevant colour.

Beachcombed Beauties medium mid blue   fabric available at Spoonflower   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

As always it is available as a print, framed, unframed or canvas or stationery at RedBubble 

Portrait XI   framed prints available at LisaLeQuelenec.redbubble.com ©LisaLeQuelenec2025

On a Teal Tide - mixed media

 

Above the inspiration for this set of paintings....one evening when the teal sea complimented the reflections of the setting sun. The warm colours vivid in my memory and in opposition to the brisk chill of the evening. It was nose bitingly cold and stunningly beautiful.

Below the sequence of how they were painted, in which I hope I have shown the movement of the tide.

On a Teal Tide I - IV   mixed media on canvas boards 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

On a Teal Tide I   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

On a Teal Tide II   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

On a Teal Tide III   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

On a Teal Tide IV   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

All four pieces are available individually in my Folksy Store, they can be found in the Mixed Media Collection. 

https://folksy.com/find/shop/seasidestudiosuk

On a Teal Tide I-IV   mixed media on canvas board 15x15cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Surf Studies - mixed media on canvas boards

 

Surf Study I-IV   mixed media 10x10cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

A series of surf studies in mixed media. My attempt to capture the energy and sequential movement of the waves as they make their way to the shore. ...trying not to overpaint and overstate... to keep the sketchiness of a glimpse.

 

mixed media monoprint sketches ©2025LisaLeQuelenec 

These mixed media monoprint sketches from the Ran's Net project have been lingering in my mind and provided the starting point.

Surf Studies I - IV stage 1 ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

I started by scaring myself, going straight in with the darkest tones. The froth of the waves are made by preparing the board with scrim fabric, the texture of which lends itself to the shapes I wanted to capture. I wanted to keep some of the warmth of bare linen in these 'sketches' and knew I would find it hard to not overpaint.

Surf Studies I - IV stage 2 ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Stage 2, building up the colour and tones and deciding that I needed a little sky for the sea spray to fly against.

Surf Studies I - IV stage 3 ©2025LisaLeQuelenec

Stage 3, tightening up the tones, working their push and pull, layer upon layer. Painting can be quite similar to watching the tide in some ways - advancing, retreating, pushing forward, knocking back.

All four pieces are available in my Folksy store.

Dusk Deepened - collagraph and mixed media

 

Dusk Deepened I - IV   Mixed media and Collagraph  12.5x12.5cm ©2025

Using the same printing plate I have made four images, each different, by working further with acrylic and printing ink. Much like a view changing with progressing light, in each image I have tried to capture a progressing moment - like a burst shot by a camera. I am fascinated by the way the same view from the same position is never the same because of the changing light through weather and season, a kind of homage to Monet's Rouen Cathedral, haystacks and lily ponds in a way. I have been looking and appreciating their multiple variations lately. The first in the set of four is available in my Folksy Store.

Dusk Deepened I   collagraph and mixed media 12.5x12.5cm   ©2025LisaLeQuelenec