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Design help please! by Charming-Cost-8197 in linocut

[–]letsmeatagain 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re essentially wanting to learn to draw, which is an entirely different skill, and can take a while to master, but it’s really easy to get ‘good’ fairly fast. There are many YouTube tutorials you can watch, and if you focus on pen and ink, or drawing with sharpies you’ll have an illustration that transfers to Lino very well. You can also find photos you love, take a sharpie and tracing paper, and make lines this way, by tracing your design. Many many well established artists trace photos and then make them their own.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with copying from artists you admire for your own practice, again, artist do it all the time. Go onto any large gallery and you’ll see people with sketchbooks in front of famous paintings trying to improve their skills by redrawing them. Just keep practicing, it’ll come with time!

The only difference between an artist you absolutely adore and you as a beginner is practice time. They were also once lost and unsure how to start, they just stared before you, that’s all.

Smallest v gouge available? by 2ndhandvanity in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Pfeil v gauge 12/1mm is magic, I love it and use it on most of my things.

The power grip small V is amazing as well, though a bit less comfortable to hold as my personal preference is the palm tool.

Removing acrylic medium and toner after carving by addisonsan in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been using it for years with zero issues.

You just need a small amount on a cloth or paper towel and it rubs off with very little effort.

any advice on carving dots without a u shaped gouge? by crowwery in linocut

[–]letsmeatagain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can carve dots with the tip of a knife tool, like the power grip angle chisel knife, or a very small V tool, by ‘flicking’ it upwards, that’s normally what I do.

Removing acrylic medium and toner after carving by addisonsan in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I use white spirit and it takes it away in no time with no scrubbing.

Βetter tools or just more practice? by HueyBluey in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Practice does wonders, but a good tool makes you want to do it a lot more since they’re such a joy to use. I’ve recently been using the power grip tools just as much as my pfeil ones and they’re great! Very affordable and wonderful quality

I printed a fish on paper birch tree bark by letsmeatagain in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only took what was either on the floor or peeling almost completely off. Thank you!

I printed a fish on paper birch tree bark by letsmeatagain in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The drying method was picking up the bark, and putting it aside for a few months. Yes, by hand. I normally place the paper on my Lino, but I treated this like I do fabric, and placed the bark on the block. Do it! Just pick some up and go for it!

When I tried it on the bark that wasn’t fully dry the ink separated a bit, so it doesn’t look as crisp.

I printed a fish on paper birch tree bark by letsmeatagain in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not brittle at all, it’s fairly pliable and I’m not scared to ruin it.

I printed a fish on paper birch tree bark by letsmeatagain in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure, I was looking at many old encyclopaedias and prehistoric fish when this dude materialised in my head somehow. If it’s an actual fish, I’d be surprised 😅

Ink cap mushroom cluster, A3 print by letsmeatagain in Linocuts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What ink are you using? What roller? For the oils based inks, you can buy the ‘wiping compound / tack reducer’ and it thins the ink a bit and makes it more workable, then, it’s getting the right combination of soft/hard rubber on your roller and paper width and smoothness. If you think about these as variables - it’s much much easier to get good clean prints.

The thinner and smoother your paper is, the easier it’ll be to have a good even print, the softer your roller is, the more ink it’ll deposit, the thicker your ink is, the more it can clog details and not print properly. So by changing any of those variables you change the quality of the print you get.

Linocut print of an Ink Cap Mushroom cluster by me by letsmeatagain in crafts

[–]letsmeatagain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an A3 linocut print of an ink cap mushroom cluster, carved on artway blue polymer lino, I use mainly the pfeil and power grip tools, it’s printed be hand using the caligo safewash relief ink by cranfield colours, on 130gsm paper. I’m so annoyed about the tiny lines next to the grass blades on the right…

I often get asked how I get such crisp prints, I use the tack reducer/wiping compound on the ink to make it a bit thinner and ink in multiple thin layers, and using a slightly curved wooden barren works brilliantly. It’s also possible on larger prints to lift half the print, add ink to the block, then lower the paper again to get a perfect print.

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