Popping Out - 28th November 22


Lexi's Letter













I really enjoyed doing this talk of an 8 image wordless story. At first I did struggle with using only 8 images, but in the end I love the way the story come out. I have tried to use a range of mark making skills through out it and have even used lino printing for the bricks ad some of the grass patches, although the grass lino prints did not go as planned, I think I have done a good job at blending it in.

Although this was a challenging task, I would want to use this again in the future.




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