After the frustrations of my previous printing session, I returned to the blocks with slightly more patience and, I hope, a little more understanding of the process. One of the dangers with woodblock printing is the temptation to force solutions too quickly: adding more pigment, rubbing harder, or trying to correct mistakes through sheer determination. The more I worked, however, the more I began to realise that the process depends less on force than on balance and timing. I

Foujita (1886-1968) is an artist I have come to appreciate more and more over time; not just his depiction of cats and nudes, but also...

A major part of traditional Japanese and Chinese painting is the use of mineral pigments. Nowadays, colours and paint can be made...