this dude is the only youtuber that feels like a real person. all other youtubers feel like they're doing it up for the camera in some way... this dude's just straight living. flat out chilling.
Yeah a lot of people are constantly worried about being monetized due to the way RUclips works and because of that they adjust their behavior to be "advertiser friendly". Then we have Peter being Peter. Genuine and lovely.
Peter at this point your should make only art and voiceover vids for ASMR. Your art and your voice combined is so relaxing. Or perhaps a no talking video of only art without the timelapse.
Wow, this brings back memories.....we did this in high school during the early 80s. When finished we inked our design up and used it like a stamp onto material of our choice such as a t-shirt, towel, etc. Thanks for the video!
I found using a press is so much easier than the rub method. but this is much less expensive! Nicely done Peter! Thanks for showing us your Printmaking adventure!
You can still make cards with em. Glue em on to bigger paper. I watch a RUclipsr who makes freakin beautiful cards. Or you can give some away to crafty people you may know. Looks cool!
@@GhoulScoutCookie idk who she is but I'll check her out also. I love lengthy art videos (like some of Peter's) as just the background comfort to daily life
You could use an exacto knife to cut very small thin details like you were describing... Just cut once at an angle, then at the other to cut out a little wedge. You could also use use it to clean up your rougher lines. This looked great though!
I've never felt this and I feel weird writing these lol but your voice calms me because I don't like when people are loud and my family is a really loud family and I'm sadly the quietest of my family so thank God for your voice keep doing what you doing
The reason I painted it was to make it easy to see what you have and have not cut already, and doing what you describe here doesn't accomplish that. Unless I painted with a different non-black color and then drew with sharpie, that would probably work.
So basically I think Lorenmcdee goes for the lineart kind of style, hence why cut everthing but the sharpee lineart. Peter goes for the whole areas(gosh dont know the word for it) so he did what he did. Right? Took me a while to get it XD I think a sharpee alone would work too, but you gotta do it in reverse and colour all the areas you want to print and it's not as easy as drawing the lineart.
Nice video Peter. Little advice. How you pick up the paper after smoothing it out is important. Need to pick up the paper evenly. There is a specific Technic. Much love.
P.S. It is pronounced Lindilabiumolouminaum...LOL. P.S.S. I had a "down day". So last night I tuned in "again" to this shoot of yours just to see your handsome face and listen to your calm voice, not to mention admiring Gods handy work on your beautiful blue eyes. Then watching your determined hands work this grid. *Sighs* I somehow felt better. Thankyou Peter that you are who you are. Whatever you are doing for health keep it up. You just look so healthy young man ❤ When you make me think of art I wish I was an art teacher at the Middle School or Highschool here. No art classes here in our town! Baaaa!? Sheesh, I learned so much in the four classes I had way back in the day when I went to school. I made presents! One a birthday painting for my bad ass biker bf. It was so cool everyone kept commenting on it as I worked on it. His chopper on a cliff by moonlight with two small figures standing and holding hands. He and I with our backs to the on lookers. And some of the song lyrics from the song "Stand by Me". I think the 10 verses. Then for my stepdad, I painted a buck because he loved deer hunting. Both were made on burnished rough, yet flat driftwood. I shelaqued them both. It was fun being one of the creative ones in class. It was even more satisfying giving those gifts. My bf was blown away and looked at me with misty eyes. My favorite of all though was throwing clay on the potters wheel. Holding it into submission till it centers. I still have some of my pieces. Learning to paint on canvas was a challenge. And I could not think of anything to paint except Stonehenge in black, white and beige\brown neutrals in different shades and hues. Oh and the slightest hint of blushing pink. It's up in my attic. I should take it down from there and see if it is salvageable after all these years. Alrighty, I've finally summoned the sandman who is pulling me to sleep my day cycle. Art is so darn fun. And fun to watch and talk about! And thanks for sharing your art journeys and discoveries with us precious Peter D. ❤
ooh memories... at the art school i went to we had to make two linoleum prints each semester. but they had to be in a3 format so the whole thing would take days to carve out. and not only that, but because the picture would be pretty big, you needed to draw it all out on a paper, color the parts accordingly (as a guidance for later, when carving), then use a lightbox to retrace it mirrored on the back of the paper, AND then transfer it onto the linoleum with carbon paper. so by the time i finished the prints the image would be burned into my brain. regardless, i've spent quite a few weekends listening to podcasts and carving for hours. it is very relaxing once you get into it. but i also have had a couple carver blade shaped cuts on the tips on my fingers, that's an unpleasant experience, you're smart to keep them far away from the blade (i wasn't). oh oh! and we had this massive printing press that literally weighed a ton and we couldn't use it without supervision, so printing was always a bit scary. this video brings back so many memories and you've mentioned wanting to achieve sharpness, there are very very small blades (cutters?) for that. seriously the line they carve out is no thicker than a line drawn by a pencil. if you get one of those and make sure it stays sharp it should make some very crisp and thin lines anyway, this is a very enjoyable video, thank you!
Good job! (One of us, one of us!) There are lots of reasons printmakers like to make prints. We tend to like it because it's a very democratic artform; we can sell our original prints for less money than paintings and drawings and more normal people can afford to buy it. It's also useful if you're making work where multiples are a feature. I also really enjoy having the block or plate as an inbetween step between me and the finished piece of art, as it makes it a bit more exciting. If you want to carve fine lines, you can buy some really fancy tiny tools that will do that, and the Speedball multi tool where you swap out the blades into a handle comes with a very fine V tool. Your over-inking issue could have also caused it to not look as crisp as you expected, because if you roll too much ink it will fill in the fine lines on your lino. With ink, it works well to keep a little pool of it separate from the stuff you're rolling out, then just add from that to the rolled out ink as you need it. It should make a shhhk shhhk sound like onion skin when it's at the right consistency.
Oh, and your ink should be fine. It might have skinned over on the top, but you can pull that bit off and what's underneath should be ok. You can also press a piece of plastic over the top of the ink in the tin (but under the lid) if it will be a while before you plan to use it again, and this will help prevent drying out. I saw someone mention down in the comments about cleaning the plate. You should do this, except don't use kerosene like they suggested. The newer inks like the one you used are designed to be cleaned up with soap and water, and you can also clean them up with plain old vegetable oil, which is much better for you than using kero or turps.
I'm taking a course in printmaking and linocut and the trick with the ink is to mix it over the glass with your palette knives until they get sticky and "cured" . Kind of like tempering chocolate over marble, but with ink, this avoids the ink to "spread" and move your paper, it's because it's too runny. Once it's super sticky you can go with the roller and start rolling it around to cover all the surface of the tool and start printing.
The ink will be dry by now, you need to cover it. And a smooth bead of ink off the top is the way to remove it instead of digging in because then the ink can dry in high spots. You need to glide over it in a circle motion with a flat spat or square end spat. If your lino ever gets hard you can put olive oil on it and heat it very little. The way to spread the ink is that it sounds sticky like Velcro but not mushy. I hope this helps! I took three semesters of print and this was one of my favorites!
It's so satisfying to cut into a lino and figure out wich lines can be used and wich can't. Make sure to clean the press form after printing with alcohol if you want to use other colors in the future.
Hi Peter I would be really interested to hear more about what inspires your art! So if you ever wanted to do a video about that, please do. And thank you for making me so calm x
Glad you didn't get cut doing this! The very first time i tried carving I slipped and sliced my thumb way open. Wasn't able to use that hand at work for a week or two
I miss print making. if you ever want to try this we would use a wooden spoon and in circular motion press/ rub start in the center and work outwards. it is nice for getting an even print
Great video Peter! love your print! The reason for printmaking is to have multiple copies of the same work. Before the digital age this was the way they made perfect copies. Most of your Drawings are individual, one-and -onlys. Suppose you sell a Drawing for 10$. With the print you can sell it for $10 over and over. In this case, that would be $150. Or if you are giving the art away you can still give away more than one of the same art. Sorry, you probably knew or figured this out. But you mentioned it in the video so I thought I would share. Love your channel/video/Drawing/prints/paintings/accordion book/you!
Hey a cool recommendation to make the carving process a lot easier. Use some wood glue and glue the linoleum to a piece of wood. It makes it a lot easier to grip.
Dang, just found this video in my recommendations, and although I know a bit how to print, I like your video. Very calm and not superficial. I like it!
That's a cool design. The crispness you're talking about probably comes from using finer tools - normally you would carve out your design using a finer gouge before clearing the empty parts.
The best way I could describe him is "weird". We need so much more of his "weird" in this world. Since I discovered his channel I just realized how far too boring the world we live in is. (at least the part we build: parks, buildings, infrastructure) We need to find more people like him and make our towns and cities beautifull with Grafitti, Paintings and "weird" styles. Love this channel!
I haven't used a brayer in a while but that first clip really made me want to get back into printmaking methods that use them. Love that good velcro sound
Probably like, a zillion people have told you this already, but you’re supposed to wash off the linoleum when you’re done making prints. Letting the ink dry on the lino affects the texture of your next print. Also, something I remember from college: For some reason it’s traditional to use kerosene to remove oil-based inks. It’s stinky and flammable, but apparently non-toxic. Great video this week: I love the sound of ink on a roller, too! 😉
"Why make prints" is an interesting question. You can use them as stamps for exemple, or for cards as you said. I also like to cut many little pieces, instead of a big one, and use them to compose some larger pieces of art. It allows many variations with the same graphic elements, you can change composition, colours, etc.
If you want cleaner lines I would try using a harder linoleum block. Also you can make a thing to hold your block in place really easily, you just need a piece of fiberboard (a little bigger than your typical block size), four screws(short ones), a drill, a clamp, and a couple of pieces of 2x2. Cut the 2x2 into 2 equal lengths as long as the width of your fiberboard. Put one of them on top of the fiberboard so it's top edge lines up with the top edge of the fiberboard, and clamp it in place. Drill through the fiberboard into the wood with a bit that's a bit smaller than your screw (this is so the 2x2 doesn't split). Then drive in 2 of your screws (make sure you do this from the fiberboard side!). Flip the board over, turn it upside down and do the same thing. The other board should be totally opposite the other one: on the back side when the other is on the front and on the bottom when the other is on top. Side view: [_]_____________ [ ] Edit: it kind of hooks on the edge of a table
We did this project in our 8th grade art class. The teacher told us that if we cut ourselves with the tool that it would be an automatic failure. I, inevitably, gouged two of my fingers with the tool but hid it from the teacher that my fingers were bleeding and cut (rather deeply) and ended up getting a B on my project.
Luke Melto - I’m betting it was ‘unintentional asmr’. I’m not really a fan of asmr, but I saw one pop up in my recommendation list from that channel about Japanese printing and it was really interesting and cool.
Try to use the leftover ink on the plexiglass- plate for printing directly from it. Maybe add some water (If the ink is soluble) to get more interesting structures on the print. Very abstract, but nice to experiment with.
They say you shouldn’t blame your tools but it’s hard to changed a tyre with a massive foam hand and some glue. The right tools make a hell of a difference and this print looked both amazing at the end and fun to create.
I'm really hoping you read this because the question why make prints is something I really love talking about. At its most basic purpose printmaking is an art form that is supposed to make art obtainable and affordable. Although as time has progress artists have limited prints by only printing so many and then raising the prices kinda defeating the two original purposes to a degree. However printmaking is still a unique art form and has a wide range of mediums to work with. For someone like you who has channel where you mostly do pen drawings I'm sure your familiar with copper plate etchings. I have heard many argue why would you make an etching when you could just draw with a micron pen. Most don't realize that many etching couldn't really be replicate in any other medium. There are a lot of process and techniques that are used to create a print as well as many and many layers. Which is one of the things that make printmaking a unique art from. You can can constantly work on top of a previous print continually layering to create something great. When you really get into printmaking you realize there are things that are not possible in any other art form like traditional drawing and painting. This really comes down to the fact that its a process based art form and the way you work in it is very different. Plus there's the entire aspect of printing that's a part of the art too, and i don't mean by hand but printing where you are required to operate a press. Its a surprisingly complicated process that is really hard to master. I could go on but my hands are shaking from coffee at the moment, but I hope this helps.
I really like doing reduction printmaking with sintra or pvc foam board. It carves really smoothly like linoleum with powergrip tools, but I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper.
i have a piece of linoleum to try linocut but haven't yet made the plunge, because I'n not sure what i want to have multiple prints of.... maybe i'll do one for Halloween and give it to all the trick or treaters with their candy 😂
Steven bull is a modern day print maker he knows all the proper teachings and has a RUclips channel even if you don’t like RUclips videos he has some good stuff almost as therapeutic as your vids too
I'm very new and the first 2 minutes got me very confused, especially the first 40 seconds - first 18 seconds or so I was like "ah yes ok so maybe it's going to be one of those silent ones? :)" but the face caught me off guard and it turned into strange asmr for a bit but thanks now I know what linocut is and it's pretty cool
Put a very cool hot plate under it and square jig (could be an old picture frame or whatever). The hot plate keeps the linoleum soft and pliable which redicues chipping and losing crispness...
If it's oil-based ink you're fine. Here in my art school we leave the lids off, yeah, the ink gets a bit crusty but you just take a spatula, move the crusty part over and continue working.
The first time I did lino cutting was in high school for an art project. The tools they gave me were apparently dull and the linoleum was very stiff. I didn't know any better and spent the whole month doing this project hurting my hand before my teacher realized anything
Thanks for this information. I have been dabbling with stamp making using exacto blades and eraser like material. Can you please share the details about your tools and the linoleum? I'd like to upgrade my tools. Thanks for your inspiration.
I did this in 8th grade and I learned from my art teacher that when you're rolling the ink onto the material you want to just go forward. Rolling backward takes the ink off while rolling forward puts it on. Just an fyi ❤️👍
If anyone wants to see if they like printmaking but don't want to buy all the expensive products yet- use the foam that you get meat trays made out of sometimes, and make your impression with a pencil or pen- you can also use acrylic paint and printer paper, and a rolling pin for the burnisher. It's obviously not as good as using the proper materials, but will give you an idea of whether you want to get into the medium.
I really can't tell how I feel about your videos. I mean your voice is so calming and you're ideas are intriguing but I sometimes feel like it's so odd.
“Why can’t I talk today.” Me every single day. Well, I certainly like to relax and try new forms of arts. But this is new to me and I think I will try it now.
i remember making these in high school. some kids got banned from using the knives because they were being too dangerous and some accidentally cut themselves but wouldnt tell the teacher like they were supposed to so they ended up bleeding everywhere
You have a tray for your art from your oven like I did in my Elementary art classes ( it was not from an oven). we would all watch as our art was put captive for 24 hours until the next day and we could do nothing about it.
this dude is the only youtuber that feels like a real person. all other youtubers feel like they're doing it up for the camera in some way... this dude's just straight living. flat out chilling.
Yeah a lot of people are constantly worried about being monetized due to the way RUclips works and because of that they adjust their behavior to be "advertiser friendly". Then we have Peter being Peter. Genuine and lovely.
I agree.
Smooth voice art dad has blessed us once again with another video 👏👏
0 seconds in and the relaxation has already taken over my mind
"This is the squidger, and the squelcher...Doing the process known as-"
Me: Squidge-Squielching
Peter: Print Making.
Me: -oh.
I'm really glad you got the right tools for this. I love print making and I was sad that you were having such trouble with it last time.
You're like the Bob Ross of drawing
And linoleum cutting now apparently. I appreciated this video a lot tho, inspired me. Think I'll buy the tools when I can
Bob is Bob, Peter is Peter. Just cause Bob doesnt make any new stuff anymore doesnt mean somebody has to take his place.
Jokujou bob ross passed away actually
@@prideandrade1667 i do know that thats what i meant by "he doesnt make stuff anymore"
Insult !
Peter at this point your should make only art and voiceover vids for ASMR. Your art and your voice combined is so relaxing. Or perhaps a no talking video of only art without the timelapse.
Wow, this brings back memories.....we did this in high school during the early 80s. When finished we inked our design up and used it like a stamp onto material of our choice such as a t-shirt, towel, etc. Thanks for the video!
I found using a press is so much easier than the rub method. but this is much less expensive! Nicely done Peter! Thanks for showing us your Printmaking adventure!
You can still make cards with em. Glue em on to bigger paper. I watch a RUclipsr who makes freakin beautiful cards. Or you can give some away to crafty people you may know. Looks cool!
GhoulScout Cooki Can I Know The Name Of That RUclipsr Please ?
@@TheJubileeDiaries
Julia McNeill Crafts her videos are a bit lengthy but her cards are quite charming.
GhoulScout Cooki
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@@GhoulScoutCookie idk who she is but I'll check her out also. I love lengthy art videos (like some of Peter's) as just the background comfort to daily life
He doesn't watch youtube videos. Lol
I just ordered some lino printmaking supplies a few days ago, great minds Peter! Can't wait to get stuck in! Love your oven rack drying system idea
Peters the coolest dude I've ever had the pleasure to know of
You could use an exacto knife to cut very small thin details like you were describing...
Just cut once at an angle, then at the other to cut out a little wedge.
You could also use use it to clean up your rougher lines.
This looked great though!
I've never felt this and I feel weird writing these lol but your voice calms me because I don't like when people are loud and my family is a really loud family and I'm sadly the quietest of my family so thank God for your voice keep doing what you doing
Very nice! I haven't done lino printing in a while. Maybe I should give it a go again.
Genius use of the oven tray to dry the prints!
The Bob Ross of printmaking. Lovely!
We did this in my art class! I made a dragon portrait surrounded by flowers and it turned out really well!
Dude try drawing with a sharpie and then just cutting away anything that isn't black sharpie. That's what I do.
what does that even mean?
Flamboyant Turkey A sharpie is a Nikko type permanent marker ink pen. NOT a cutting tool.
The reason I painted it was to make it easy to see what you have and have not cut already, and doing what you describe here doesn't accomplish that. Unless I painted with a different non-black color and then drew with sharpie, that would probably work.
So basically I think Lorenmcdee goes for the lineart kind of style, hence why cut everthing but the sharpee lineart.
Peter goes for the whole areas(gosh dont know the word for it) so he did what he did.
Right? Took me a while to get it XD
I think a sharpee alone would work too, but you gotta do it in reverse and colour all the areas you want to print and it's not as easy as drawing the lineart.
I haven't done LinoCut since my PLC art course thanks for bringing back the memories.
This is very interesting to watch, please make more of these printmaking videos!!! :D
Nice video Peter. Little advice. How you pick up the paper after smoothing it out is important. Need to pick up the paper evenly. There is a specific Technic. Much love.
P.S. It is pronounced Lindilabiumolouminaum...LOL.
P.S.S. I had a "down day". So last night I tuned in "again" to this shoot of yours just to see your handsome face and listen to your calm voice, not to mention admiring Gods handy work on your beautiful blue eyes. Then watching your determined hands work this grid. *Sighs* I somehow felt better.
Thankyou Peter that you are who you are. Whatever you are doing for health keep it up. You just look so healthy young man ❤
When you make me think of art I wish I was an art teacher at the Middle School or Highschool here. No art classes here in our town! Baaaa!?
Sheesh, I learned so much in the four classes I had way back in the day when I went to school. I made presents! One a birthday painting for my bad ass biker bf. It was so cool everyone kept commenting on it as I worked on it. His chopper on a cliff by moonlight with two small figures standing and holding hands. He and I with our backs to the on lookers. And some of the song lyrics from the song "Stand by Me". I think the 10 verses. Then for my stepdad, I painted a buck because he loved deer hunting. Both were made on burnished rough, yet flat driftwood. I shelaqued them both. It was fun being one of the creative ones in class. It was even more satisfying giving those gifts. My bf was blown away and looked at me with misty eyes.
My favorite of all though was throwing clay on the potters wheel. Holding it into submission till it centers. I still have some of my pieces.
Learning to paint on canvas was a challenge. And I could not think of anything to paint except Stonehenge in black, white and beige\brown neutrals in different shades and hues. Oh and the slightest hint of blushing pink. It's up in my attic. I should take it down from there and see if it is salvageable after all these years.
Alrighty, I've finally summoned the sandman who is pulling me to sleep my day cycle.
Art is so darn fun. And fun to watch and talk about! And thanks for sharing your art journeys and discoveries with us precious Peter D. ❤
ooh memories... at the art school i went to we had to make two linoleum prints each semester. but they had to be in a3 format so the whole thing would take days to carve out. and not only that, but because the picture would be pretty big, you needed to draw it all out on a paper, color the parts accordingly (as a guidance for later, when carving), then use a lightbox to retrace it mirrored on the back of the paper, AND then transfer it onto the linoleum with carbon paper. so by the time i finished the prints the image would be burned into my brain.
regardless, i've spent quite a few weekends listening to podcasts and carving for hours. it is very relaxing once you get into it. but i also have had a couple carver blade shaped cuts on the tips on my fingers, that's an unpleasant experience, you're smart to keep them far away from the blade (i wasn't). oh oh! and we had this massive printing press that literally weighed a ton and we couldn't use it without supervision, so printing was always a bit scary. this video brings back so many memories
and you've mentioned wanting to achieve sharpness, there are very very small blades (cutters?) for that. seriously the line they carve out is no thicker than a line drawn by a pencil. if you get one of those and make sure it stays sharp it should make some very crisp and thin lines
anyway, this is a very enjoyable video, thank you!
Good job! (One of us, one of us!) There are lots of reasons printmakers like to make prints. We tend to like it because it's a very democratic artform; we can sell our original prints for less money than paintings and drawings and more normal people can afford to buy it. It's also useful if you're making work where multiples are a feature. I also really enjoy having the block or plate as an inbetween step between me and the finished piece of art, as it makes it a bit more exciting. If you want to carve fine lines, you can buy some really fancy tiny tools that will do that, and the Speedball multi tool where you swap out the blades into a handle comes with a very fine V tool. Your over-inking issue could have also caused it to not look as crisp as you expected, because if you roll too much ink it will fill in the fine lines on your lino. With ink, it works well to keep a little pool of it separate from the stuff you're rolling out, then just add from that to the rolled out ink as you need it. It should make a shhhk shhhk sound like onion skin when it's at the right consistency.
Oh, and your ink should be fine. It might have skinned over on the top, but you can pull that bit off and what's underneath should be ok. You can also press a piece of plastic over the top of the ink in the tin (but under the lid) if it will be a while before you plan to use it again, and this will help prevent drying out. I saw someone mention down in the comments about cleaning the plate. You should do this, except don't use kerosene like they suggested. The newer inks like the one you used are designed to be cleaned up with soap and water, and you can also clean them up with plain old vegetable oil, which is much better for you than using kero or turps.
It’s a lovely little print.
I'm taking a course in printmaking and linocut and the trick with the ink is to mix it over the glass with your palette knives until they get sticky and "cured" . Kind of like tempering chocolate over marble, but with ink, this avoids the ink to "spread" and move your paper, it's because it's too runny. Once it's super sticky you can go with the roller and start rolling it around to cover all the surface of the tool and start printing.
The ink will be dry by now, you need to cover it. And a smooth bead of ink off the top is the way to remove it instead of digging in because then the ink can dry in high spots. You need to glide over it in a circle motion with a flat spat or square end spat. If your lino ever gets hard you can put olive oil on it and heat it very little. The way to spread the ink is that it sounds sticky like Velcro but not mushy.
I hope this helps! I took three semesters of print and this was one of my favorites!
It's so satisfying to cut into a lino and figure out wich lines can be used and wich can't. Make sure to clean the press form after printing with alcohol if you want to use other colors in the future.
Hi Peter I would be really interested to hear more about what inspires your art! So if you ever wanted to do a video about that, please do. And thank you for making me so calm x
He finds inspiration everywhere and in everything
Glad you didn't get cut doing this! The very first time i tried carving I slipped and sliced my thumb way open. Wasn't able to use that hand at work for a week or two
I miss print making. if you ever want to try this we would use a wooden spoon and in circular motion press/ rub start in the center and work outwards. it is nice for getting an even print
Great video Peter! love your print! The reason for printmaking is to have multiple copies of the same work. Before the digital age this was the way they made perfect copies. Most of your Drawings are individual, one-and -onlys. Suppose you sell a Drawing for 10$. With the print you can sell it for $10 over and over. In this case, that would be $150. Or if you are giving the art away you can still give away more than one of the same art. Sorry, you probably knew or figured this out. But you mentioned it in the video so I thought I would share. Love your channel/video/Drawing/prints/paintings/accordion book/you!
Hey a cool recommendation to make the carving process a lot easier. Use some wood glue and glue the linoleum to a piece of wood. It makes it a lot easier to grip.
Dang, just found this video in my recommendations, and although I know a bit how to print, I like your video. Very calm and not superficial. I like it!
That's a cool design. The crispness you're talking about probably comes from using finer tools - normally you would carve out your design using a finer gouge before clearing the empty parts.
I like coming to this channel after a stressful day because I can just turn my brain off and watch a man explore his love for art :)
Looks good. One of my favorite wood print makers is a guy by the name of David Bull.
You can still use them as greeting cards, or even postcards if you glue them to another piece of paper or cardstock
If your linoleum is slipping, I’d recommend some of those rubber no slip sheets. Or a wooden jig.
Just found you- makes me so happy to see someone enjoying the process.
I like your design. If you dont want all the prints to be the same you could use a mix of colours blended on the plexiglass.
Thank you Peter for this. I have been curious about this topic for ages.
The best way I could describe him is "weird".
We need so much more of his "weird" in this world.
Since I discovered his channel I just realized how far too boring the world we live in is.
(at least the part we build: parks, buildings, infrastructure)
We need to find more people like him and make our towns and cities beautifull with Grafitti, Paintings and "weird" styles.
Love this channel!
ps: thx to him I bought myself a Kaweco sports, really love it
I haven't used a brayer in a while but that first clip really made me want to get back into printmaking methods that use them. Love that good velcro sound
Probably like, a zillion people have told you this already, but you’re supposed to wash off the linoleum when you’re done making prints. Letting the ink dry on the lino affects the texture of your next print. Also, something I remember from college: For some reason it’s traditional to use kerosene to remove oil-based inks. It’s stinky and flammable, but apparently non-toxic.
Great video this week: I love the sound of ink on a roller, too! 😉
"Why make prints" is an interesting question. You can use them as stamps for exemple, or for cards as you said. I also like to cut many little pieces, instead of a big one, and use them to compose some larger pieces of art. It allows many variations with the same graphic elements, you can change composition, colours, etc.
If you want cleaner lines I would try using a harder linoleum block.
Also you can make a thing to hold your block in place really easily, you just need a piece of fiberboard (a little bigger than your typical block size), four screws(short ones), a drill, a clamp, and a couple of pieces of 2x2.
Cut the 2x2 into 2 equal lengths as long as the width of your fiberboard. Put one of them on top of the fiberboard so it's top edge lines up with the top edge of the fiberboard, and clamp it in place. Drill through the fiberboard into the wood with a bit that's a bit smaller than your screw (this is so the 2x2 doesn't split). Then drive in 2 of your screws (make sure you do this from the fiberboard side!). Flip the board over, turn it upside down and do the same thing. The other board should be totally opposite the other one: on the back side when the other is on the front and on the bottom when the other is on top.
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Edit: it kind of hooks on the edge of a table
We did this project in our 8th grade art class. The teacher told us that if we cut ourselves with the tool that it would be an automatic failure. I, inevitably, gouged two of my fingers with the tool but hid it from the teacher that my fingers were bleeding and cut (rather deeply) and ended up getting a B on my project.
I got super excited cause this looked like a video from an asmr channel I follow but I'm still super excited.
What channel?
Luke Melto - I’m betting it was ‘unintentional asmr’. I’m not really a fan of asmr, but I saw one pop up in my recommendation list from that channel about Japanese printing and it was really interesting and cool.
Why make prints? So that patrons of your work that wouldn't ordinarily be able to afford your work can own an original piece.
Very nice project. Carving linoleum is good fun. Always a surprice seeing the print after :)
Try to use the leftover ink on the plexiglass- plate for printing directly from it. Maybe add some water (If the ink is soluble) to get more interesting structures on the print.
Very abstract, but nice to experiment with.
They say you shouldn’t blame your tools but it’s hard to changed a tyre with a massive foam hand and some glue.
The right tools make a hell of a difference and this print looked both amazing at the end and fun to create.
Linoleum = "Lynn O'Leum" and Lino = "Line-Oh", Dude. Happy to help! 👍🏻😉
Nothing has to be what or why. It is awesome
I did this in high school! It was awesome!
I'm really hoping you read this because the question why make prints is something I really love talking about. At its most basic purpose printmaking is an art form that is supposed to make art obtainable and affordable. Although as time has progress artists have limited prints by only printing so many and then raising the prices kinda defeating the two original purposes to a degree. However printmaking is still a unique art form and has a wide range of mediums to work with. For someone like you who has channel where you mostly do pen drawings I'm sure your familiar with copper plate etchings. I have heard many argue why would you make an etching when you could just draw with a micron pen. Most don't realize that many etching couldn't really be replicate in any other medium. There are a lot of process and techniques that are used to create a print as well as many and many layers. Which is one of the things that make printmaking a unique art from. You can can constantly work on top of a previous print continually layering to create something great. When you really get into printmaking you realize there are things that are not possible in any other art form like traditional drawing and painting. This really comes down to the fact that its a process based art form and the way you work in it is very different. Plus there's the entire aspect of printing that's a part of the art too, and i don't mean by hand but printing where you are required to operate a press. Its a surprisingly complicated process that is really hard to master. I could go on but my hands are shaking from coffee at the moment, but I hope this helps.
Thanks for all the info! Very helpful, and I can tell you really do like printmaking :)
Very nice print! I'm tempted to go out an give this a try myself with a piece of wood. :)
I really like doing reduction printmaking with sintra or pvc foam board. It carves really smoothly like linoleum with powergrip tools, but I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper.
i have a piece of linoleum to try linocut but haven't yet made the plunge, because I'n not sure what i want to have multiple prints of.... maybe i'll do one for Halloween and give it to all the trick or treaters with their candy 😂
Steven bull is a modern day print maker he knows all the proper teachings and has a RUclips channel even if you don’t like RUclips videos he has some good stuff almost as therapeutic as your vids too
I'm very new and the first 2 minutes got me very confused, especially the first 40 seconds - first 18 seconds or so I was like "ah yes ok so maybe it's going to be one of those silent ones? :)" but the face caught me off guard and it turned into strange asmr for a bit but thanks now I know what linocut is and it's pretty cool
Put a very cool hot plate under it and square jig (could be an old picture frame or whatever). The hot plate keeps the linoleum soft and pliable which redicues chipping and losing crispness...
Ive wanted you to do this forever
If it's oil-based ink you're fine. Here in my art school we leave the lids off, yeah, the ink gets a bit crusty but you just take a spatula, move the crusty part over and continue working.
Your hair is looking pretty great Peter!
Makes me nostalgic for printmaking class
I really like the design. Very talented
The first time I did lino cutting was in high school for an art project. The tools they gave me were apparently dull and the linoleum was very stiff. I didn't know any better and spent the whole month doing this project hurting my hand before my teacher realized anything
you should make a stamp and try letterboxing, peter! i feel like you'd really enjoy it.
Thanks for this information. I have been dabbling with stamp making using exacto blades and eraser like material. Can you please share the details about your tools and the linoleum? I'd like to upgrade my tools. Thanks for your inspiration.
So glad I found your channel!
A minute in and subscribed because you described them as “squidger and squelcher” lmao
These look great. The greeting card idea would have been nice but you can still use these, maybe as post cards?
I think you're supposed to wash the ink off the linoleum with dish soap so you can use it again in future ? The prints look awesome I would buy
5:25 "If you just sit there and start carving, you can really get into a.." GROOVE ha
The ASMR community would love your channel
New fav channel!!
When your ink is oil-based, you should pour a small layer of water on your ink when you store it. In that case it wont dry out.
I did this in 8th grade and I learned from my art teacher that when you're rolling the ink onto the material you want to just go forward. Rolling backward takes the ink off while rolling forward puts it on. Just an fyi ❤️👍
David Bull is watching you!
I did this in school once. It was pretty fun :D
If anyone wants to see if they like printmaking but don't want to buy all the expensive products yet- use the foam that you get meat trays made out of sometimes, and make your impression with a pencil or pen- you can also use acrylic paint and printer paper, and a rolling pin for the burnisher. It's obviously not as good as using the proper materials, but will give you an idea of whether you want to get into the medium.
I really can't tell how I feel about your videos. I mean your voice is so calming and you're ideas are intriguing but I sometimes feel like it's so odd.
Ooh I really like this print 😱😍
You did a great job....how can I get me one of those funky pieces of paper?
1:04
Whoa. C'mon, brah. Ease up on the confusing technical jargon.
This is very satisfying
one of my fav sounds evER is ink and the roller 🥰🖤 such a good part of my hs experience was print making
This was fun, reminded me of printmaking class... very good memories.
*Grazie Pietro. Molto inspo!* *sing in opera man’s voice
Peter, can you sell some of those stamped paper art you made?
I’ve used Bilk block ink and found it worked well
A walking duck holding an arrow. Thanks Peter, informative vid 👍
M0st. Satisfying. Video. EVER
“Why can’t I talk today.” Me every single day. Well, I certainly like to relax and try new forms of arts. But this is new to me and I think I will try it now.
You really should do some sort of collaboration with David Bull .
Saving for one of his prints
i remember making these in high school. some kids got banned from using the knives because they were being too dangerous and some accidentally cut themselves but wouldnt tell the teacher like they were supposed to so they ended up bleeding everywhere
You have a tray for your art from your oven like I did in my Elementary art classes ( it was not from an oven). we would all watch as our art was put captive for 24 hours until the next day and we could do nothing about it.
really channelling Bob Ross here. :)