Printmaking

Making my First Print

I first sketched a drawing a Yangtze finless porpoise emerging from the water- an idea by Ms. V. Sketching your drawing for a print is very useful as a guide for cutting the linoleum.

I redrew the Yangtze finless porpoise onto the linoleum and carved the thin outlines with a #1 carving tool and the background with a much larger tool.

 I finished and was ready to start to register the paint onto the linoleum.

 I rolled out the paint into a rectangle just about as large as the linoleum block.

I drew the corner of the linoleum block in the middle of my paper so placement can be much easier.

I transferred the paint on the linoleum and rolled it out till all was covered. I, then put it down on to the paper and rolled it out and flipped it over and rolled some more - picture to the left.

I peeled of the paper at one of the top corners and 

here is one of my first prints!

 

Printmaking Artists

Printmaking is the process of making artwork by printing. There are various techniques to achieve the type of print you want to create. Four of the many techniques relief, intaglio, planographic and stencil they all form diverse recollections of art. Prints are made by transferring ink from a matrix or through a prepared screen to a sheet of paper or other material. There are different types of matrices you can use copper or zinc, metal plates, polymer plates, linoleum and much more. These type of prints usually have a type of originality to it, uniqueness in every curve of the ink. 





Famous German-Danish printmaker, Emil Nolde created many artworks using printmaking. He was born on August 7, 1867 and died on April 13, 1956. He was known as a expressionist, someone who expresses their feelings in art. He was a artist highly interested in the art of Vincent Van Gogh, he was his inspiration when he did his pieces. He was born with the name Emil Hansen near the village of a Nolde. Emil was born into a family of devout Protestants, Frisian and Danish peasants. He trained as a craftsman and did woodcarving. In 1889 he was accepted to the School of Applied Arts.




Luo Shenggao, a Chinese printmaker, he studied at the Chengguang Art School in China. In 2002 he started printmaking studies with Mr.Wen Mujiang in a art department. Hunan Science and Technology Institute say they are proud of Luo Shenggao's artwork. He created diverse prints but was not exposed to much publicity to become a very famous printmaker. Dispite the lack of publicity he built up to having his art displayed at the Print Exibition. He was also featured on Hunan's TV Station.