Lynn Rosskamp

Come see the Seattle Print Arts booth at the #Seattle Art Fair this weekend, Thursday-Sunday. All types of #printmaking by local artists, with live demos!

Gareth Thumbs-Jones aka Mr. Big Biscuits has been detrimental to productivity but conducive to good mental health and overall morale, so clearly he's here for the long haul.

My etching for the year of the snake. I may go back in with some aquatint to really bump up the shadows and depth. This is my fourth year on my Chinese zodiac animals project. Looking forward to getting back to fur or feathers after two years of scales in a row.

Here's the watercolor tinted version of my bleeding hearts etching. I think it has the requisite "torn from an old botanical specimen book" feeling I was going for.
#botanicalillustration

So this little gremlin is very likely coming home to join the cat crew in about three weeks!!!!

Round two of etching on my bleeding hearts. I think I have added enough contrast. Going to add some watercolor to really pop the hearts.

Today we welcomed young Gareth Thumbs-Jones to the cat family. Kaesu was like a kitten herself again, chasing him all over the house. Mazikeen hates change and is currently eating her feelings and his leftovers. Moxie has exiled herself to her princess bed for a good sulk. We are awash in oxytocin.

First pass on a new etching plate of a more surreal version of regular botanical bleeding hearts. I have recoated the plate and am going back in to darken some lines and add shadows and dimension now that I see how it actually prints on paper.

Merry Ratmas from Tampopo and the rest of our ratty family.

Mazikeen is engaging in one of her favorite poses - big shrimpin'. Her front legs are fully retractable it seems.

Gareth Thumbs-Jones has been getting bigger and sleeker and wider and brighter and is also very helpful on laundry day.

Gareth Thumbs-Jones in his Nosferatu phase.

Mazikeen has decided her minion is okay. She's groomed his eternal bedhead and will sit within six inches of him on the sofa in papa's office. Cathod du solidarity.

It's official! Our new kitten is coming home on Sunday. Mazikeen will have a minion to tutor in the dark arts. Kaesu will have a new toy to help keep her old bones young. And Moxie will have something to be disgusted and outraged by since she's a cat and doesn't keep up with politics like her folks.

Merry Crabmas and a happy #invertefest to all who celebrate!

These are my foster cats Orca and Oyster who are bunking in my workshop. They came to us as an emergency situation after a friend unexpectedly passed away a couple of weeks ago. They're going to the vet on Wednesday and once we know they are healthy, I will be hunting for a perfect home for them.

I am candying orange and lemon peel to make bara brith for this Friday's belated St. David's Day Artwalk at Greenwood Art Collective and my house smells amazing. If you are in the Seattle area this Friday you should come by the collective and have some and look at our spring art and grab a daffodil.