Continued from [Seacoast in Autumn - 3] | Starting point of the thread is [Seacoast in Autumn - 1]

Carving work has slowly trundled on, interrupted along the way with a round of printing for this year's gift print.

Here are a few of the blocks done so far:

Some of the blocks contains carved areas that will be printed in different colours. This is possible as long as they are separated by adequate distance ... usually described as 'three fingers' ...

I'm still not quite sure just how I will create the different 'layers' of foam at the water's edge, where the sea swooshes up onto the sand. Here's an oblique view of one of the overlay blocks ...

And this is a similar shot of the foreground foliage ...

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Continued from [Seacoast in Autumn - 2] | Starting point of the thread is [Seacoast in Autumn - 1]

I've had a couple of peaceful days of carving on the keyblock; here is a shot taken at the end of the first day:

It's moved along since then, and this block should probably be done this evening ... unless too much paperwork gets in the way again ...

After posting the image of the line drawing the other day, I got an email from friend Gary, who was wondering how I came up with the design, and whether or not I might have been studying his print designs quite closely. I was a bit confused by what he was on about, but after he sent me the link to a design of his, I realized that he must have been quite shocked when he saw mine!

Here's the line drawing I posted the other day, followed by his published image of Waimea Bay, on Oahu:

Woo-hee! I can see why he must have done a double-take when he saw my image! (I have to emphasize that he has made no accusation of plagiarism at all, just expressed interest in the design ...)

Honestly speaking, I hadn't studied his print at all, and although I have a familiarity with his work - of course, after publishing two of his prints - I certainly don't 'know' all his designs. So I guess I had better give a bit more information about the genesis of my own design. I mentioned in the previous post that I looked down on the beach from the cliff above - here's a photo I took from up there:

It seems that walking around on the cliffs of volcanic islands, looking down at the beaches below, will lead to some pretty similar landscapes!

I should emphasize that my print will not look very much like that photograph, which was taken late one afternoon, after the sun had gone off the beach. I've been back a number of times since that day, most recently to camp there and get some shots of the lighting at sunrise. Hopefully, I should be able to come up with something pleasing ...

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