Block Print For Beginners: Learn To Make Lino Blocks And Create Unique Relief Prints by Elise Young

Learn to create unique, contemporary works of art with traditional carving tools and printmaking techniques. Step-by-step projects and creative lino prints make it fun and easy.

Aspiring artists, illustrators, art students, and hobbyists will discover how to use basic carving tools and techniques to design and create custom lino prints for distinctive works of art. Practical instruction combined with approachable step-by-step projects and inspirational imagery guides readers on an engaging, easy-to-follow exploration of block printing.

Following an introduction to essential materials such as printmaking inks, linoleum blocks, carving tools, and papers, Block Print for Beginners demonstrates how to go from uncarved block to finished print, including transferring a drawing, carving the block, working with inks, and achieving the best print results. Once comfortable with the basics, printmakers can move on to explore step-by-step tutorials for creating a variety of lino prints they can use again and again.

From basic block prints to more advanced techniques such as printing in repeated patterns and creating stationery, wrapping paper, wallpaper, and more, Block Print for Beginners offers a fresh, contemporary, and enjoyable approach to this timeless art form.