This week is mental health awareness week and I’ve decided to share some printmaking activity as taking part in something you enjoy maintains your positivity levels and takes your mind off stress and anxiety. This is particularly vital now because of the current situation and lockdown across the world. Staying at home more means more time to take up new hobbies and interests or finish off projects, especially creative ones.  I enjoy creating prints as the process of carving motifs into linoblock, inking them up and printing them are a visual achievement as it’s a different form of illustration and picture making. It makes me motivated to produce more print designs and keeps me focused on more creative ideas.

My deer and sunbeam prints are uniquely different each time I print them which makes it more interesting to print as each print is individual. I also like the contrast of the animal form and abstract geometric lines of the sun rays, to produce this uplifting print.

This is called Forest Walk and has more elements. It also looks bold and striking as it’s printed in black. Hope you are all finding time to participate in any creative activity as long as you are enjoying it and it keep your wellbeing and mind off negativity !