Linoblock printing

A guide to lino printing for beginners. What is linocut and how to do it at home including lino printing supplies and the process step by step. And, easy beginner linocut tips and techniques.

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The design for this lino originated from my love for animals, nature and patterns. Animals and flowers come together beautifully in this design. The color blue can be compared to pantone reflex blu…

I have just finished carving 5 out of 6 linos which are for wine lables at the Jack Russel Wine Company. I am really loving making the artwork for this project. Lino cut is about much more than just carving away the white areas. Its about finding a mark that describes the essence that subject. …

Collagraph Printing and How to use it in the classroom: The Collagraph Lesson will integrate science with art, focusing on how animals and insects use camouflage (the Collagraph print) to survive in their environment. Students will create a texture or pattern of an imaginary animal or insect skin using the Collagraph print.

The linocut process with step-by-step beginner instructions on how to make a linoleum block print. Including printmaking techniques and reviews of the best linocut tools, supplies, paper and ink. Plus, lino printing tips and what materials you need for block printing.

Vincent's Starry Night - linoleum block print, 2011

My colleague Douglas Kelso did a project with the students, where they made drawings in cardboard by scraping away the top layer of paper to reveal the corrugation beneath. These are really effective, while they were on the wall I began to think of their potential for printmaking. Douglas agreed I could sacrifice his demonstration piece to experiment with and it worked. Make your cardboard drawing as above, cutting with a scalpel and scraping away the paper surface. You can then roll it with…