Category Archives: linocut tools

Well, the odd-looking thing, dominating the photo of the drawing for a new lino print, is called a…

Posted on May 18, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, hodmandod.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, with a title like that for today’s post, I think we’d better start off with a look at the photo: So, which shall we talk about first, the drawing, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, archeology, art, arts, cool, design, drawing, fine art prints, history, humour, information, jobs, learning, lino printing, linocut tools, photography, physics, prints, puzzle, science, seeing, thinking, words, writing | Tagged a quick photo, art, arts, bench holdfast, Birmingham, clamped down, discovery, drawing and a tool, hodmandod, holdfast, it's called a..., lino print, observations, old label, puzzle, serendipity, sketch, stairs?, style, surrealism, useful tool, WODEN, words | 1 Comment

Radiating stripes, and sticks…

Posted on March 3, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s oddity is from a play that I’m currently reading; A Resounding Tinkle, 1957, by N F Simpson. Act Two: Mr Paradox and Mrs Paradox are looking out of the window at the elephant they have had … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, animals, archeology, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, fine art prints, history, humour, information, jobs, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, mind, prints, puzzle, reading, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, theatre, thinking, words | Tagged 1957, A Resounding Tinckle, art, arts, black and white, cubes?, elephant too big, Imitation Japanese paper, in space, Japanese paper, lino cutting tools, madness, meaning?, Mr Paradox, Mr Trench, N F Simpson, observations, oil-based ink, reading a play?, serendipity, squares, style, surrealism, words | 4 Comments

What’s all that? Misheard classical singing?…

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one trying to juggle three coat hangers.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, dear reader, more misheard classical singing.What was I doing, when I jotted down these lines in my studio/workshop notebook?Oh yes, I had … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, design, drama, fine art prints, Grumpiness, humour, information, instruction, jobs, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, misheard, music, observations, overheard, poetry, prints, puzzle, radio, seeing, serendipity, sex, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words | Tagged art, arts, as a prune, clipboard, coat hangers, discovery, elephant in the room, flopping, ha ha ha ha ha ha, hip hip hip, juggling, lady, lino, lino printing, madness, multi-knees?, observations, serendipity, studio/workshop, style, surrealism, sweat-damp, towel?, vent-room, weee!, wimna, words, workbench | 1 Comment

I expect you were thinking of doing a lino print with cubes in it, Dave…

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dance is the Clutha. Come on, let’s clear a space in the kitchen and get going! Click here.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm, yes, thinking about a lino print.What a very messy photograph! Oh, look, there’s even a piece of … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, composition, conversation, creation, design, drawing, fine art prints, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, photography, prints, puzzle, science, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words | Tagged 8 by 6, art, arts, Clutha, compasses, cubes, dance, dancing, discovery, ideas, knife, lino block, lino print design, messy workbench, papers, pencil, photograph, Pritt, rubber, Scottish dance, serendipity, style, surrealism, templates, words | Leave a comment

Tiny people looking at a poster of an eye?…

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s oath is, By my troth!…In England, in 1623, swearing became illegal by an act of Parliament. Offenders who couldn’t pay the fine were put in the stocks. (From Mary Marshall’s book on swearing, Bozzimacoo… 1975.)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drawing, fine art prints, history, humour, information, jobs, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, people, photography, prints, puzzle, reading, style, surrealism, thinking, Uncategorized, words | Tagged 1975, A6 sprial notebook, an oath, art, arts, click here, conversation, discovery, lino block, Mary Marshall, pencils, pens, red marks, reversed image, rubbers, Sony Walkman, style, surrealism, swearing, template, the stocks punishment, white corrector, words, workbench | 2 Comments

The one with a person going up the side…

Posted on July 1, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s quotation is from Cordwainers Smith’s late 1960s novel Norstrilia:‘We are going to a store…’‘What’s the name’?‘The Department Store of Hearts’ Desires’, said C’mell and E’ikasus simultaneously.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The one with the person going up the side, Dave?Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, archeology, art, arts, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, humour, information, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, mind, prints, puzzle, reading, science, seeing, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged about A4 in size, art, arts, C'mell, click, climbing, composition, Cordwainer Smith, drawing., geometric, hexagons, late 1960s, lino cutting, lino prints, look at me!, madness, observations, serendipity, small chap, style, sun in sky, surrealism, templates, titles?, words | 2 Comments

An idea for a lino print, and it already has a title…

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: fusty, excurrent, pugging, smicker, halieutic, attrahent, and drippy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a photograph, it’s of some drawing things, a piece of paper with a drawing on it, and a pile of mysterious eye-catching orange … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, adjectives, art, arts, brain, celebrities, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, existentialism, fine art prints, Grumpiness, humour, information, jobs, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, mind, observations, people, photography, prints, puzzle, science, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words | Tagged art, arts, attrahent, carefully selected adjectives, climbing, climbing mountains, discovery, drawing, drippy, eraser, excurrent, eye-catching, fusty, halieutic, hexagons, madness, observations, orange things, pencils, pentagons, pugging, rubber, ruler, serendipity, silliness, smicker, something creative, spex, squares, style, surrealism, triangles, words | 2 Comments

Misheard classical singing, on the workshop radio…

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found on the hard magma on the side of the recently erupted volcano. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, people seemed to like that lino print I posted a few days ago, the one … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, fine art prints, food, humour, information, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, mind, misheard, overheard, poetry, puzzle, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, words, writing | Tagged art, arts, BBC Radio 3, bligtht, classical, click here, greased tomb, House!, lost plectrums, lyrics, magma, Marmite, misheard, misheard calssical singing, my pipes!, my rice!, observations, old magma, serendipity, snake-minor, stark, style, surrealism, tea-team, Thaddle, tool light, tufts!, volcanos, webs?, words | Leave a comment

What about a very quick one in black and white?…

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown. UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found in a matchbox floating in orbit around the planet Uranus.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes… No… but they are fairly easy to do! But you do need a bit of imagination, you know, … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, advertising, art, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drawing, finance, fine art prints, Grumpiness, humour, information, instruction, learning, lino cut printing, linocut tools, money, prints, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words | Tagged 12 second art, 12 second prints, a quick one, an ol;d mirror, art, arts, black and white, discovery, land-fill bin, lost plectrums, madness, matchbox, monotype, observations, scraping, scraping., serendipity, style, such is life, surrealism, swirls, three-d, Uranus, words | Leave a comment

Back to that drawing, the one with the cramp in it…

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like a basket of flowers – it is a terrible pourer.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, a few days ago, I showed you, my dear reader, a photograph with a rough drawing and … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, architecture, art, arts, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, humour, information, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, mind, painting, people, prints, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking | Tagged A4 in size, art, arts, big room, bit art gallery, cramps and clamps, cubes?, dangerous, Japanese paper, link, lino, lino print design, madness, mysterious, observations, oil-based ink, picture frame, school days, scratchy?, serendipity, small people, style, surrealism, tall man, terrible pourer, unusual china teapot, words | 2 Comments

How about doing a lino print with some stripes in it?…

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s, keeping one awake, nighttime noise, is that of a busy mouse relentlessly chewing the woodwork under the bedroom floor. Bloody ‘ell!… It’s 3 am! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stripes? Oh, yes, right ho, then. Perhaps the stripes could … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, animals, art, arts, brain, colours, composition, conversation, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, food, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, photography, prints, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, thinking | Tagged 'mistakes', 1960s dots, 3 am, a pancake?, art, arts, cheating, colours, composition, conversation, disc, eating wood, glass plate, kitchen cutting board, observations, oil-based inks, rough sketch, serendipity, small brush, staircase, stripes, style, surrealism, three-d, tin of ink, under floor mouse | Leave a comment

How about another 12-second artwork?…

Posted on May 4, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s sound is that of an empty black plastic refuse wheelie-bin, with no house number on it, being stolen, and trundled quickly down the middle of the road by a local scruffy ne’er-do-well.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A twelve-second artwork?Yes, dear … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, expletives, fine art prints, Grumpiness, humour, information, instruction, jobs, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, observations, photography, prints, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, surrealism, swearing, thinking, Uncategorized, words | Tagged 12-second art, a bugger!, abstract art, annoying, black ink, cleaning up, clothesline, getting old, image, Japanese paper, lino cut printing, messy, ne'er do wells, quick art, random, scraping, three d, time, time consuming, today's sound, wheelie bins | Leave a comment

But, why is the Mona Lisa there?…

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s moths are: the Yellow Shell, the Weaver’s Wave, the Shark, the Small Chocolate-tip, the Nut-tree Tussock, and the Snout.Oh, look! See! There goes a nice snout!…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Today’s post is supposed to be about the design of … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, archeology, art, arts, brain, composition, creation, design, drawing, fine art prints, history, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, observations, painting, photography, prints, puzzle, reading, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words | Tagged 12 second prints, circle cutting, click here, discovery, discs, green tea., Home made tools, Leo dragging, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, moth names, moths, oh look!, serendipity, staircase, style, surrealism, the Nut-tree Tussock, the Shark, the Small Chocolate-tip, the Snout, the Weaver's Wave, the Yellow Shell, words | Leave a comment

The lino print with plenty of white in it…

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Today’s nicely strange quotation is from Cordwainers Smiths’s story, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard:He was pure machine, though his voice rang out with old-Parisian heartiness, and the designers had even built into him the nervous habit of mopping the back of … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, observations, prints, puzzle, seeing, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged about A4 in size, Alpha Ralpha Boulevard, art, arts, conversation, Cordwainer Smith, cubes?, curves, curves to cut, French cafe, hope-made device, Japanese paper, madness, moustache, observations, oil-based ink, or 'V's?, puzzle, serendipity, style, sunlight, surrealism, white spots, words | Leave a comment

A lino print idea, but with some other…

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s monster is the very, very, big, giant gnat.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Preliminary, is a good word, isn’t it?When thinking of doing another lino print, I always like to do a preliminary sketch of my idea. Preliminary, I suppose it … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, British film, celebrities, colours, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, expletives, fashion, Film, fine art prints, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, irony, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, observations, painting, people, photography, postcards, prints, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, sex, smiling, smoking, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged 1858, 1966, arts, black on white, Cary on Screaming, curves, discovery, erotic?, eyebrows, Fenella Fielding, Fisherman and the cyren, frederick lord leighton, gnats?, lims?, lines, madness, mermaids, observations, overlapping, preliminary drawing, rough sketch, serendipity, style, surrealism, words | Leave a comment

Hang on Dave! Haven’t you done this print before?…

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: cumbersome, forswatt, rhyolitic, encrinal, lucent, uxorious, pyroxylic, and bouncy.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Done this print before…’?No, no, I don’t think so, In fact I am sure so… Sure so?Yes.There was one – a little bit … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drawing, fine art prints, history, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, mind, people, photography, prints, puzzle, reading, seeing, story, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged art, arts, bouncy, carefully selected adjectives, conversation, demons, Devils 1871, drawing, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, madness, mug of tea, No Z, overlapping, pencils, pens, preparitary sketch, Pritt, Russian characters, serendipity, Stanley knife, style, surrealism, that that?, the letter Z, white eraser, words, workbench | Leave a comment

A rough sketch, in a bucket of brushes…

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s random dictionary word is, eutexia. What was that again? Oh dear, I think I’d better look it up. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, in a bucket of brushes. When I require you, dear reader, to see one of … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, adjectives, archeology, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, Dulltown, Film, fine art prints, food, Grumpiness, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, jobs, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, mind, observations, painting, photography, prints, puzzle, seeing, smiling, style, surrealism, theatre, thinking, words | Tagged annoying?, art, arts, big circles, bucket, drawing, eutexia, glowing, go in a van, madness, memory, messy design, observations, paint brushes, preliminary drawing, proper artists, serendipity, shadows, small theatre, sticks, style, surrealism, theatre, theatre a waste of wood, theatre design, theatre set design, words | Leave a comment

The lino print with the scruffy bits…

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown.UK: Today’s quotation is from P G Wodehouse’s 1939 novel Uncle Fred in the Springtime: ‘Then watch me turn and nonplus him,’ said Lord Ickenham, and pivoted gracefully. ‘Excuse me, sir,’ he said. ‘I wonder if you could … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, art, arts, books, brain, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, history, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, mind, observations, politics, prints, puzzle, reading, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, thinking, writing | Tagged 1939, art, arts, black and white, composition, conversation, cubes?, discs?, fine art prints, holes?, humour in religion, Japanese paper, lamp-post, lino cut print, Lord Bosham, Lord Ickenham, madness, mystery, P G Wodehouse, puzzle, puzzle picture, rough areas, serendipity, style, surrealism, thought provoking, three-d?, Uncle Fred in the Springtime, visible scratches, words | 4 Comments

A design, in a messy looking box…

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice looking dictionary word is, hierophant. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey up! As we are supposed to say, here in the North of England. No, it’s alright, it’s just another idea, a sketch, for a new lino print. … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, Grumpiness, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, observations, prints, puzzle, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged art, arts, cardboard box, chopped ruler, conversation, dictionary word, erasers, grubby?, hey up!, hierophant., humour, lino print design, messy box, North of England, pencil extenders, pencils, pens, post-it note, preliminary drawing, red pens, rubbers, serendipity, spelling, style, surrealism, white correction pen, words, yellow paper | 1 Comment

A lino print, with hoops?…

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found under the mat on Mother Kelly’s doorstep. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, as I said in my earlier post, which talked about and showed the rough design sketch for today’s lino cut, … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, animals, architecture, art, arts, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, fine art prints, Grumpiness, guitars, humour, information, learning, lino cut printing, lino printing, linocut tools, Maths, people, prints, puzzle, sculpture, seeing, style, surrealism, thinking, weather | Tagged about A4 in size, apartments, art, arts, black and white, black sky, circles, clang clang clang, designing, dogs and cats, Japanese paper, lost plectrum, madness, Mother Kelly, noisy hoops!, noisy sculpture, observations, oil-based inks, Olympics, overlapping, sculpture, serendipity, style, surrealism, three dimensional, words | 2 Comments