Jame Weston specialise in Lino and Woodcut. He decided to work with a limited colour pallet and he like Wormell works with a mix of traditional and digital. His work features in publishing and editorial. Westons work is amazing and it is interesting how he incorporated digital and print to work together. Using plain gradient background allows for the intense detail on the Lino/woodcut, for example the women jumping into the pond. The bushes and trees that surround are highly detailed but the women has been done using more graphic techniques with block colours and shapes , thus doesn't get lost in mid ground. Every line / shape is also in colour , back is only used in dark shadows. This is a technique that I need to get back into my own work. Black outlines are not as interesting or effective as using blocks of colour to shape the different elements of the image. It also allows as Weston has shown for the addition of other elements without making the image over crowded. Control and planning seem to be key in this. And with the addition of digital techniques and spending time perfecting these , the process with speed up vastly.
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