Today, I begun work in a Lino print workshop. I chose two different sizes of Lino (small and large), and took one of my initial animal drawings to transfer onto it as a tester (see below images)
I decided to work small initially, and then progress up to a larger size 'canvas' of lino. I found working small equally the same as working large scale, the only difference for me was the time spent making each print.
I would class both prints as positive prints, as I removed the area around each image on both lino pieces.
The test prints went really well in my opinion, they are crisp, and have a good level of detail, and nice shapes about them. I'm really pleased with the head of the pheasant, and the patterns that it produced.
After this test print, I moved on to a larger scale Lino piece.
The Lino was based on my hamster, and I used a photo stuck on my desk wall for reference. It took about 2 hours to cut, and after this I printed the large scale final vinyl onto an a1 sheet of paper. I will place the photo of the finished print below.
I am very happy with the outcome, but I would love to go back into the vinyl, and add more "shading" to give the print more depth, and detail if I can.
I will be doing this either tomorrow, or soon.
Thomas.
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