Copy - Lieke Van Der Vorst

To explore more techniques, I chose to look at an artist called Lieke Van Der Vorst. She has her own company with her husband and uses many different mediums, however mostly she makes prints using Lino.

When it came to exploring Van Der Vorst's work further I chose to copy one of her pieces. I started by working in pencil and water colour, this meant that I could scan the image into Photoshop later and adjust the threshold levels and the colours.

Thresholding the bear was the trickiest part. It was difficult to get the right balance of white and black, so I decided that I would go back in later and add more lines.

When it came to adjusting colours I selected the area that needed altering and used levels to change the hues and saturation. This meant that the colours were truer are more vibrant. I also used the same process to change the saturation of colour on the van.

Once I had adjusted all the colours and added a bit of a background, I printed it off and added more detail, such as the flies and more fur.