Following my first Monotype Walmer, here is the next one. I made the work today using a copper plate, water mixable ink, and an etching press, printing onto Somerset paper, producing this unique print.

I spent a pleasant morning working on this small monotype (18cm x 13cm) based on recent drawings, along this special stretch of coastline, at Walmer, Kent. I may work on a series of these monotype studies…

These unique prints (U/P) are inspired by my move from Cornwall to the Kent coast, at Walmer, UK.
I carry a sense of place; bringing memory of moorland life, its light and dark skies, landscape, streams, on this return journey, to where I see the French coast, on most days, once again. I have used carborundum to make the studies. The plate is inked up, put through an etching press, to make the strong black and whites and gradually, subtle light and darks. I am attracted to the Carborundum technique, invented in the 1930’s – it holds a resonance for me in the arts and poetry pamphlet-making.

15 ink & watercolour drawings

ink and watercolour drawing for today

Tool Cupboard, ink and watercolour on paper, Philip R. Bennetta 10 September, 2023

warming up with watercolour drawings

The Birch Tree in our garden at Walmer, Kent UK – we’ve been here for nearly a year!

The Birch tree is a pioneer species, one that colonised Britain after the Ice Age, giving it a symbol of rebirth and new beginnings. It is a sacred tree in Celtic mythology, and thought to have highly protective influences.