New Woodblock--Watching Fish at the Zoo

I've been very interested in images of water and underwater creatures lately. In fact, I'm planning a big series of woodblock prints (and possibly an artist's book) based on Haroun and the Sea of Stories, one of my all time favorite books. I've done many sketches for this project, but still have a long way to go before I'm ready to start into the blocks, so I decided to work on another set of blocks in the meantime.

This based on some photos I took of Owen at the zoo last year. I still have some work to do on the drawing, but I'm itching to start carving, so I may just jump in. I will do it with a different block for each color, and I think if I start with orange that will give me the most information to transfer to the other blocks.

In case anyone wonders, the Speedball Press is no longer available and will be going to a good home this week.