Your demos have become the "go-to" videos for me to learn more about printmaking. So clear, jargon-free, and concise. And the cat seems to be interested too. 😊
Hi Chris Osborn - thanks for that. I appreciate your feedback a lot. This is a relatively new endeavor... making videos to share the process seems like a natural progression after sharing WIP photos on my blog for years. Video is fun, and I'm so glad you find it helpful... Send questions if you bump into them!
+Inge Justa van der Helm - I'll relay to Mister Scout that you approve of his ministrations. He will thank you with head-rubs to the shins and a long meow. :)
Thank you Belinda. It is really kind for you to share your knowledge. I was a print major in College but that was 100 years ago. You offer a wonderful refresher!
Hi Berta, thanks for stopping by. If you have any printmaking tips or tricks to add to any of the videos on this channel, please feel free to chime in! Welcome back to ink-under-your-fingernails!
Your videos are wonderful! I'm a beginner and I'm looking into investing in a few nice carving tools. Maybe you could do a video of different brands, gouges, and handles, and then some demonstrations! :)
Hey there, Layla! Thanks for letting me know! I hope the information in the video was helpful to you. What subject did you print for your lino project?
Hi Gandha, Whoooo-Hooooo! Let's all cheer for successful registration! I'm so glad it worked for you! Is your print posted anywhere we can see it? Leave us a link, and happy printing!
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for a video of Lithography carving and printing process to show to a group of children. Your video will be a very good reference for the children.
Thank you, I love all the videos. Have been a fan of your work for several years, and it's great to see you in action. I'd be very interested to see how linocuts and collagraphs work without a press.
Hi Lynn, Thanks for the suggestion! I'm working on several videos showing different methods of printing linocuts and collagraphs without a press, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching... (all these years) :)
@cbo208 - Thanks for the comment. :) I have several linocut videos in the works, and will post them soon. Is there anything in particular you want to see demonstrated in detail?
Great, we look forward to them! In particular I happen to be interested in reduction linocuts, since it's a little rarer and harder to do well. I've heard of the colored pencil / tracing paper planning technique before, but can't find it demonstrated anywhere.
Excellent video Belinda. I really like the subtlety of your work, exquisite! I have been struggling with multi-colour prints and registration, I don't really like the reduction method, maybe hand-colouring is the answer. Love the huge press... one day ...
Hi Lesly! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, registration on multicolor prints can be a test of patience, so hand coloring is a great alternative. AND it has the added benefit of *variation*. You can color each print differently, and that leads to all sorts of fun experiments. If you hand color something, share a link so we can see. :)
Repost of a #video #tutorial for the set-up and carving of a #linocut - It's a new year, and folks have asked about #beginner #printmaking methods, so I hope this answers some questions and helps start the #creative process. #art #howto
Hi margaret burns - thanks for stopping by. Yes, I had some audio glitches while making this video, but you can increase the volume on the video itself & on your system (computer, ipad, etc.) while listening to the voice over, and just reduce volume when you're finished) sorry for the inconvenience!
That is a beautiful print!! Any tips on how to carve very thin lines without removing a chunk of linoleum in the process? I am using linoleum mounted on wood. Maybe I’m carving too deep?
Hi Kendra, Are you using a V-gouge, and cutting very shallow? And are you putting an end cut at the termination point of your lines so the lino doesn't "break" when you lift the knife? And have you watched this one: ruclips.net/video/K1Z2TGrOm1w/видео.html
Your work is gorgeous. I carve the pieces of linoleum but always us a leather glove on my right hand since I'm left handed. I'd love to train my right hand to stay out of the way, but alas.... When you print do you mark them like number 1/100 and do you have a specific amount that you think is the most that one block can print. Do they ever become unusable? I love the carving but haven't had a lot of practice on the printing because it makes me nervous and slide around. I love your cardboard idea.
Hi +Jennie Wallick - thanks for stopping in. If you set your block up on a bench hook, you won't need to hold it at all. Have you tried that? The leather glove is a good idea if your hand MUST hold the block from "muscle memory". :) I do number prints, but my editions are usually small - 5 to 15 or so. The block can print a lot more, but I'm usually too excited to get onto the next project. I've seen editions in the 100's but never tried it. Where is your work posted?
+Belinda Del Pesco my husband recently made me a bench hook, so now it's training my right hand to stay out of the way. Right now I don't have my work anywhere. I closed my Etsy store about 6 months ago. I've been using speedball ink, but I feel like it never looses that gritty texture. I think I need to look into the ink you use.
I'm just starting out and I wanted to know what you might recommend for me to use for the press? Your one looks perfect but its quite big and I imagine very expensive for a starter.
Hi Curtis, If you're on Facebook, I'd recommend joining the group Craft Press Printmakers, which specializes in altering stenciling and embossing machines to become small format, inexpensive presses with great results: facebook.com/groups/1544918272204523. Everyone in the group is very helpful and knowledgeable about all the different brands of craft machines, and what is needed to make them into stalwart presses.
Hi, I am new to printmaking and your channel is really inspiring, I keep watching your videos several times! and I love how you mix watercolor painting with printmaking. I have a question related to the linocut block printing, the paper we use do we damp it with water? or is it dry, also the different type of paper I could use. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Hello Shaimmaa - Thanks for your nice note - I'm so glad you feel inspired. :) For paper with block-prints (wood or linoleum) I use Arches Cover paper, or BFK Rives printmaking paper. You don't have to dampen the paper for a block print, but if you have lots of detail carved into the block, you can try spritzing the paper lightly, and then blotting it just before you print to soften the pulp and make it "hug" your details a little more. :)
Hi Marko, Thanks for the compliments. All the supplies I use in *each* video are listed in the 'show more' section under the video window. For this linocut, I used BFK Rives paper: amzn.to/1lmHu0X Happy printing!
hi, just finding this now as I am looking for beginner tips to make a linocut. Biggest question right now is: how do you transfer your sketch to the lino? thanks, nice video. Really useful.
Hi Gearoidin, Welcome to printmaking! You're about to have so much FUN! If your sketch is in pencil, simply flip it over - graphite side down, tape it steady, and rub the back of the paper to transfer your linework to the block. All plates (relief, intaglio, collagraph, linocut, etc.) print in reverse, so keep that in mind if you're adding any text or numbers. If your sketch is in ink, you can use carbon paper, or make some by covering a sheet of tracing paper with layers of soft pencil. You'll be able to use it over and over. Lay the pencil graphite from your handy new tracing paper carbon face down on your block, lay your sketch on top of that, and trace your lines on the sketch with enough pressure to leave a "map" of graphite/pencil on your block. Once the image is on the block, re-draw over the pencil on the block with a permanent marker, so it's bold enough to see. Does that make sense?
Hi Belinda, thank you SO much for this great and fast response! I am really excited all day, busying myself with this new challenge :) (free day). My project is a fairly large sketch of a squirrel, with definite lines so I am going to first try the option of flipping it over and see how that works. My only concern here is my lino is quite dark grey, but we'll see. If no go I'll try the second option, also a good one. Thanks again! Greetings from Amsterdam.
I hope it works, and the graphite transfers enough so you can go over it with a black marker! Keep us posted on your progress, because we're rooting for you!
Hi Belinda, thank you for a great video. I am just beginning linocuts/woodcuts and follow you and Linda Cote as well. I was wondering if you could speak to, or do a short video on, transferring a photograph into a linocut design? Especially when it is a complicated photo like a house. I understand the grid method, but what do you leave out/keep in to keep the integrity of the subject but not make it a crazy complicated design? Thanks so much..
Hi Jan, thanks for your visit. Linda Cote is awesome, so I'm delighted that you've put us in the same club. :) you can start with keeping areas of high contrast in a house portrait (shadows under eaves, dear shrubbery against sunlit clapboard, etc.) and you can drop out/skip areas of repetition (don't put *all* the clapboard lines, or window panes or facade trim in the drawing). You can *suggest* a few details here and there, and folks will know they're looking at a house without counting the panes or clapboard, etc. And if the photo is just too complicated, try taking a fresh snapshot at a different time of day when the sun changes the look of things with varied shadows, etc. I hope that helps. :)
Hello Belinda, I liked your video, thank you for sharing. Please could you let me know if you are happy with your press, what make it is and where did you purchase the press. enjoy your day
Hello Heidi, I *love* my press. After using other presses in printmaking studios for years, and researching what was available, I bought my table top etching press two years ago from Takach Press in New Mexico (USA). I called Alan Takach to place the order, and he helped me decide on a few details I was uncertain about. The press arrived at my studio a few weeks later. You can visit their web site: takachpress.com and read about the press arriving on my blog: bit.ly/1hXloQ5 Thanks for your note! :)
Hi Linda - I use both mounted & unmounted lino on the press, and for hand transfer printing. I'm just using up what I've collected in my studio over the years, so I have some of both; a stack of mounted blocks and a big roll of unmounted lino. :)
Hi! First of all, just wanted to complement you, your videos are all very professional and helpful! I'd just like to ask a question. So, i am interested in adding watercolor to some prints, but i don't know if it will work with the speedball water based ink I used? Do I need to use oil based ink or some other sort of ink? I dont know, my concern is that the black ink will mix with water and turn liquid and spread into other areas of the paper? Thank you so much! -JL
Hi +ModCrafterBot - Try testing a little section of one of your prints with a damp q-tip. If the ink comes off on the cotton swab, then adding watercolor will indeed re-wet and muddy your art. Speedball makes Akua inks, and they also clean up with water, but once they dry on your paper, they will not re-wet, and you can add watercolor to your print (or acrylic, or colored pencil, etc.) Good luck & thanks for the compliments!
Your demos have become the "go-to" videos for me to learn more about printmaking. So clear, jargon-free, and concise. And the cat seems to be interested too. 😊
Hi Chris Osborn - thanks for that. I appreciate your feedback a lot. This is a relatively new endeavor... making videos to share the process seems like a natural progression after sharing WIP photos on my blog for years. Video is fun, and I'm so glad you find it helpful... Send questions if you bump into them!
The directions given by your cat are the best! ;)) Thanks Belinda :)
+Inge Justa van der Helm - I'll relay to Mister Scout that you approve of his ministrations. He will thank you with head-rubs to the shins and a long meow. :)
Verry helpful and love seeing the studio inspectors at work hahaha
Thank you Belinda. It is really kind for you to share your knowledge. I was a print major in College but that was 100 years ago. You offer a wonderful refresher!
Hi Berta, thanks for stopping by. If you have any printmaking tips or tricks to add to any of the videos on this channel, please feel free to chime in! Welcome back to ink-under-your-fingernails!
Your videos are wonderful! I'm a beginner and I'm looking into investing in a few nice carving tools. Maybe you could do a video of different brands, gouges, and handles, and then some demonstrations! :)
Hello. Thank you for your video! At school, we are making Lino prints and we have watched this video several times. It is very helpful and useful.
why did you comment this
@@umusd8884 I was giving her y opinion and thanking her for her videos. They are really good. You should check out her other ones. :)
Hey there, Layla! Thanks for letting me know! I hope the information in the video was helpful to you. What subject did you print for your lino project?
That's very sweet of you, Layla. Thanks! 🤓
I used your registration method for my reduction lino print and managed to do a successful and clean printing session at last!! Thank you
Hi Gandha, Whoooo-Hooooo! Let's all cheer for successful registration! I'm so glad it worked for you! Is your print posted anywhere we can see it? Leave us a link, and happy printing!
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for a video of Lithography carving and printing process to show to a group of children. Your video will be a very good reference for the children.
+Patricia Tantono Thanks for the comment, and I hope we get to see what the children produce from your instruction! :)
Thank you, I love all the videos. Have been a fan of your work for several years, and it's great to see you in action.
I'd be very interested to see how linocuts and collagraphs work without a press.
Hi Lynn, Thanks for the suggestion! I'm working on several videos showing different methods of printing linocuts and collagraphs without a press, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching... (all these years) :)
Thank you for an informative, non wordy, helpful tutorial. I like your work too. x
Your videos have all been very helpful, thank you for posting them! Would love to see more on linocut printmaking.
@cbo208 - Thanks for the comment. :) I have several linocut videos in the works, and will post them soon. Is there anything in particular you want to see demonstrated in detail?
Great, we look forward to them! In particular I happen to be interested in reduction linocuts, since it's a little rarer and harder to do well. I've heard of the colored pencil / tracing
paper planning technique before, but can't find it demonstrated anywhere.
Love the kitty! Very informative video!
Thanks for watching, and I'll tell the kitty you liked his cameo appearance. :)
love the videos and your work, especially your watercolors, Belinda
Thanks so much for the compliment, Annie. There are more watercolors coming! :) Nice work, by the way!
Nicely done, Belinda...
Thanks very much, Diane! I appreciate the share. :)
I loved your vídeos, keep posting!
Brazil here 🐣
Dear Belinda thank you for your information. I will look into it. take care
Excellent video Belinda. I really like the subtlety of your work, exquisite! I have been struggling with multi-colour prints and registration, I don't really like the reduction method, maybe hand-colouring is the answer. Love the huge press... one day ...
Hi Lesly! Thanks for stopping by. Yes, registration on multicolor prints can be a test of patience, so hand coloring is a great alternative. AND it has the added benefit of *variation*. You can color each print differently, and that leads to all sorts of fun experiments. If you hand color something, share a link so we can see. :)
you are wonderful linóleo teaches , thanks so much.
Thank you, Rene! Good printing wishes to you!
very helpful tips, thank you!
Hi Martha, I’m glad you found the tips useful! Thanks for letting me know, and happy printing to you!
PS.... Good you have such great Cat help!
Scout the studio cat is always quite "helpful", and he sends his purring hellos to you.
Repost of a #video #tutorial for the set-up and carving of a #linocut - It's a new year, and folks have asked about #beginner #printmaking methods, so I hope this answers some questions and helps start the #creative process. #art #howto
I love watching you work! thanks for sharing
Hey, thanks, Ken Swinson ! I appreciate that, and you should know it's mutual! I always look forward to your new videos! :)
Thank you!! Very helpful. :)
Hi Karl! I’m so glad you found it helpful! Thanks for letting me know. Happy Printing!
so well explained. thanks.
Thanks for the feedback, Julia!
Love the vidio just one little thing it's to hear you as you work
Hi margaret burns - thanks for stopping by. Yes, I had some audio glitches while making this video, but you can increase the volume on the video itself & on your system (computer, ipad, etc.) while listening to the voice over, and just reduce volume when you're finished) sorry for the inconvenience!
That is a beautiful print!! Any tips on how to carve very thin lines without removing a chunk of linoleum in the process? I am using linoleum mounted on wood. Maybe I’m carving too deep?
Hi Kendra, Are you using a V-gouge, and cutting very shallow? And are you putting an end cut at the termination point of your lines so the lino doesn't "break" when you lift the knife? And have you watched this one: ruclips.net/video/K1Z2TGrOm1w/видео.html
always love your videos!!! 😙😘😚
Thank you, Mona!
Your work is gorgeous. I carve the pieces of linoleum but always us a leather glove on my right hand since I'm left handed. I'd love to train my right hand to stay out of the way, but alas.... When you print do you mark them like number 1/100 and do you have a specific amount that you think is the most that one block can print. Do they ever become unusable? I love the carving but haven't had a lot of practice on the printing because it makes me nervous and slide around. I love your cardboard idea.
Hi +Jennie Wallick - thanks for stopping in. If you set your block up on a bench hook, you won't need to hold it at all. Have you tried that? The leather glove is a good idea if your hand MUST hold the block from "muscle memory". :) I do number prints, but my editions are usually small - 5 to 15 or so. The block can print a lot more, but I'm usually too excited to get onto the next project. I've seen editions in the 100's but never tried it. Where is your work posted?
+Belinda Del Pesco my husband recently made me a bench hook, so now it's training my right hand to stay out of the way. Right now I don't have my work anywhere. I closed my Etsy store about 6 months ago. I've been using speedball ink, but I feel like it never looses that gritty texture. I think I need to look into the ink you use.
I'm just starting out and I wanted to know what you might recommend for me to use for the press? Your one looks perfect but its quite big and I imagine very expensive for a starter.
Hi Curtis, If you're on Facebook, I'd recommend joining the group Craft Press Printmakers, which specializes in altering stenciling and embossing machines to become small format, inexpensive presses with great results: facebook.com/groups/1544918272204523. Everyone in the group is very helpful and knowledgeable about all the different brands of craft machines, and what is needed to make them into stalwart presses.
@@bdelpesco thank you so much
@@curtismaize you’re welcome! I hope your printmaking journey is steeped in joy and adventure!
Hi, I am new to printmaking and your channel is really inspiring, I keep watching your videos several times! and I love how you mix watercolor painting with printmaking. I have a question related to the linocut block printing, the paper we use do we damp it with water? or is it dry, also the different type of paper I could use. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Hello Shaimmaa - Thanks for your nice note - I'm so glad you feel inspired. :) For paper with block-prints (wood or linoleum) I use Arches Cover paper, or BFK Rives printmaking paper. You don't have to dampen the paper for a block print, but if you have lots of detail carved into the block, you can try spritzing the paper lightly, and then blotting it just before you print to soften the pulp and make it "hug" your details a little more. :)
Thank you so much Belinda, really appreciate your help and I am looking forward to watch more of your art and videos.
Thanks, Shaimaa!
Muchas Gracias!...
You're welcome! Happy Printmaking!
Belinda,
You are the best teacher! what kind of paper did you use on this video?
Thank you!
Marco
Hi Marko, Thanks for the compliments. All the supplies I use in *each* video are listed in the 'show more' section under the video window. For this linocut, I used BFK Rives paper: amzn.to/1lmHu0X Happy printing!
hi, just finding this now as I am looking for beginner tips to make a linocut. Biggest question right now is: how do you transfer your sketch to the lino? thanks, nice video. Really useful.
Hi Gearoidin, Welcome to printmaking! You're about to have so much FUN! If your sketch is in pencil, simply flip it over - graphite side down, tape it steady, and rub the back of the paper to transfer your linework to the block. All plates (relief, intaglio, collagraph, linocut, etc.) print in reverse, so keep that in mind if you're adding any text or numbers. If your sketch is in ink, you can use carbon paper, or make some by covering a sheet of tracing paper with layers of soft pencil. You'll be able to use it over and over. Lay the pencil graphite from your handy new tracing paper carbon face down on your block, lay your sketch on top of that, and trace your lines on the sketch with enough pressure to leave a "map" of graphite/pencil on your block. Once the image is on the block, re-draw over the pencil on the block with a permanent marker, so it's bold enough to see. Does that make sense?
Hi Belinda, thank you SO much for this great and fast response! I am really excited all day, busying myself with this new challenge :) (free day). My project is a fairly large sketch of a squirrel, with definite lines so I am going to first try the option of flipping it over and see how that works. My only concern here is my lino is quite dark grey, but we'll see. If no go I'll try the second option, also a good one. Thanks again! Greetings from Amsterdam.
I hope it works, and the graphite transfers enough so you can go over it with a black marker! Keep us posted on your progress, because we're rooting for you!
Awesome, great work! :)
Joannie Sunshine Thanks for the feedback! :)
Hi Belinda, thank you for a great video. I am just beginning linocuts/woodcuts and follow you and Linda Cote as well. I was wondering if you could speak to, or do a short video on, transferring a photograph into a linocut design? Especially when it is a complicated photo like a house. I understand the grid method, but what do you leave out/keep in to keep the integrity of the subject but not make it a crazy complicated design? Thanks so much..
Hi Jan, thanks for your visit. Linda Cote is awesome, so I'm delighted that you've put us in the same club. :) you can start with keeping areas of high contrast in a house portrait (shadows under eaves, dear shrubbery against sunlit clapboard, etc.) and you can drop out/skip areas of repetition (don't put *all* the clapboard lines, or window panes or facade trim in the drawing). You can *suggest* a few details here and there, and folks will know they're looking at a house without counting the panes or clapboard, etc. And if the photo is just too complicated, try taking a fresh snapshot at a different time of day when the sun changes the look of things with varied shadows, etc. I hope that helps. :)
*dark* shrubbery, even though it may be dear 💚, too. :)
Great, thanks so much!!
+Jan Partain Good luck, and have courage! :)
Hello Belinda, I liked your video, thank you for sharing. Please could you let me know if you are happy with your press, what make it is and where did you purchase the press. enjoy your day
Hello Heidi, I *love* my press. After using other presses in printmaking studios for years, and researching what was available, I bought my table top etching press two years ago from Takach Press in New Mexico (USA). I called Alan Takach to place the order, and he helped me decide on a few details I was uncertain about. The press arrived at my studio a few weeks later. You can visit their web site: takachpress.com and read about the press arriving on my blog: bit.ly/1hXloQ5 Thanks for your note! :)
Hi Belinda. Do you only use the block lino when you will be using your press, and the unmounted lino for work without a press? Thanks
Hi Linda - I use both mounted & unmounted lino on the press, and for hand transfer printing. I'm just using up what I've collected in my studio over the years, so I have some of both; a stack of mounted blocks and a big roll of unmounted lino. :)
Hi! First of all, just wanted to complement you, your videos are all very professional and helpful! I'd just like to ask a question. So, i am interested in adding watercolor to some prints, but i don't know if it will work with the speedball water based ink I used? Do I need to use oil based ink or some other sort of ink? I dont know, my concern is that the black ink will mix with water and turn liquid and spread into other areas of the paper?
Thank you so much! -JL
Hi +ModCrafterBot - Try testing a little section of one of your prints with a damp q-tip. If the ink comes off on the cotton swab, then adding watercolor will indeed re-wet and muddy your art. Speedball makes Akua inks, and they also clean up with water, but once they dry on your paper, they will not re-wet, and you can add watercolor to your print (or acrylic, or colored pencil, etc.) Good luck & thanks for the compliments!
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