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Everlearner
@jimcliffe.bsky.social
Retired electron wrangler. Astronomer, artist, ham radio operator, and occasional cat herder. Living with the love of my life and blessed beyond anything I have any right to expect.
Victoria, B.C. Call sign VE7HAR.
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Practicing with watercolours and watercolour pencils. It's a learning thing, but I like how the feathery image worked.
#watercolour #practice #art
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Working from reference photos in practice for the next drypoint.
#drypoint #trace
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Yeah... It is... Forgot to set a non-transparent background...

Second try...
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I love the intricate geometry in this style. Ruler and compass is a little too ambitious for me, but I tried replicating a rosette window with the circle/arc function in Inkscape.
October 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I learned lots from this run. Most important, if you're going to file the plate edges smooth, don't do it where you'll be printing! The little plastic bits get everywhere.

Drypoint on 4"x5" acrylic plate, printed on 6"x9" stock.

#drypoint #printmaking #lazycat
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Harvest Moon from our balcony in Victoria. Take with Canon EF 100-400mm IS II USM lens. Not as clear as using a dedicated telescope, but it's what I had at hand.

#astrophoto #moon #Luna
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Happy October!
October 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Feels like an appropriate day to be drawing cages.
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Not my best morning.
September 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My brain is going to swirls and water.
#art #drawing #sketch
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Based (loosely) on a bristle worm. OK, it's imaginary. But it's an imaginary invertebrate!

#Invertober2025 #invertebrate #printmaking #linocut #linoprint
September 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Victoria, BC. Learning drawing and art very late in life.
September 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
So, the next step in my experiments is drypoint. The acrylic sheet I used was a leftover from a construction project, so I expected a lot more "plate tone". Engraving and Inking the plate will be a learning process. But for a first try, I'm pleased!

#printmaking #drypoint #print #woodzilla
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Tafoni !

This is from Hornby Island in the Salish Sea.
#tafoni #HornbyIsland #SalishSea
August 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Almost home. Two days in New Westminster, then back to Victoria. I've been taking lots of pictures for ideas for lino,screen, and gelli prints.
#BritishColumbis #axolotl #unbc
August 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Took some time from the family visit to rest and do some sketching. These are from a park alongside the Fraser River in Prince George.
#sketch #art #princegeorgebc #PrinceGeorge
August 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Squamish. Rock, wind, and water.

#squamish
August 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
More testing. I think I've solved a problem, I was trying to print on too heavy paper. This is on 42g/sm mulberry paper, and I think it will work much better.
#linocut #linoprint
July 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Latest linocut project.
#linocut #notsorry #elbowsup
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The latest linocut. I tried some mulberry paper as well as the multimedia paper. I think I'll need to start using some retarder with the ink to keep it usable longer. (Also, I learned to check the lino for flaws before using it.)

#printmaking #linocut #linoprint
June 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tried for an activation at Uplands Park / Cattle Point (CA-5539). Got a few contacts, but the noise was just too high. Still it was a good chance to get out on the bike, and to try out a mylar space blanket for a ground. That part worked very well!

#hamradio #pota #hamonabike
June 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Success! If I do another run, I'll rebalance the colours so the crown shows up better.

#linocut #linoprint
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
That's more like it! Now to see how well I can get the registration.

#linocut #linoprint #printmaking
June 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I got this far with my No Kings project before i thought "There's something wrong with this picture."

#linoprint #linocut #oops
June 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM