Inken Stabell

The possible varieties of "tiny figure in vast empty winter landscape" are endless and I'm so glad for that

Graphite + chalk drawing on recycled A4 paper

Graphite + chalk drawing on recycled A4 paper

Graphite + chalk drawing on recycled A4 paper

Graphite + chalk drawing on recycled A4 paper

Some recent escapism

Worked directly from this thumbnail from 3 years ago, felt really good to bring an idea to a finish instead of letting it rot away in a sketchbook like so many...

Details!

Etching on zinc 30 x 40 cm

The Old Oak

negative

Still busy adding lines. This small portion took 5h and I'm NOT a slow drawer lol. It‘s also the 4th layer of lines now, I think. Lines just do take ages, surprises me every single time again. Tbf I didn't expect to cover the whole plate with lines… Looks better though

A painting of a road lined with trees in autumn colours. An elk is walking on the road.

Road to Nowhere. It's not autumn yet, but soon. medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper

Silver Maple (Kew Gardens, the beaches, Toronto) Hand-drawn in pen and ink

#sciart #illustration #silvermaple #mapletree

Photo of an etching print of an oak tree in windy weather

Funky close-up pic of the print

Photo of an etching print depicting an oak tree in stormy weather.

New WIP! I love the idea of dedicating artworks to my fav trees, since I've studied their different morphology and habitats at uni for some years.

Winterreise - Der Wegweiser
Etching on zinc 40 x 30 cm

dark seascape etching

Scanned another recent version of my 'Nordsee bei Nacht' etching!

Charcoal drawing

Thanks! :)

Etching print of seagulls flying over water in moody weather

Finished a new etching today!

My goodness, what a wonderful frame! Thank you for sharing! 🤯

Closeup of a line-etching printed off a zinc plate

Details

Nope, first time hearing the name haha. Cool stuff tho!

Closeup of a line-etching printed off a zinc plate

Details

It is, I'd say only half the time on an etching is spent drawing the image

What is etching? -- Für deutsche Version scrollen --I've met many people who didn't know about this traditional craft at all, so in today's post I'll cover the process of how to make an etching and what sets it apart from the usual art print. An etching is an intaglio print, meaning the ink sits inside etched lines in the plate which is then run through a roller press. The opposite would be relief printing, such as woodcut or linocut, where the print shows all that is not carved away. The craft is about 500 year

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Quick overview of my etching process

Yeah it was all etched into zinc plates in many layers

It's line-etching and aquatint

Some of my favourite etchings from 2020. I've learned so much since then but never regained the productivity I had during lockdown. Only 2 weeks for a finished etching with 7h of focused work every day, crazy

You should, it's so much fun!

Thank you :)

Some of my favourite etchings from 2020. I've learned so much since then but never regained the productivity I had during lockdown. Only 2 weeks for a finished etching with 7h of focused work every day, crazy

Photo of etching prints

The first few prints have sailed to their new homes, thank you so so much for your support and I hope you'll enjoy seeing them on your wall :))

The etching is available in my store now!