Reduction Linocut Process: Columbine 

I’m melting here in awe. Absolutely gorgeous. I really enjoyed seeing all the steps and I have a new appreciation of just how special each print is. All that work put into them, and it shows. Rare beauty! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you Sherrie. Your work is wonderful. I enjoyed all 4 videos and wish there were more!

I’m losing my mind this is so stunning!!! Wow.

Great video. Thank you so much (ex new englander living on the olympic peninsula)😊

Best lino video I've seen! Great teacher. Thanks!

Excellent. You're the real deal.

This is the best video I have seen on this art.

Wow, Those are incredible. I've just begun to get into printmaking and you are an absolute inspiration to me. The way you compose images and capture light (and with only 12 or colours!) is amazing. Please don't ever stop making such beautiful pieces af artwork :)

Beautiful picture! I am stunned that so many printing prosesses can end up so well!

Beautiful. Thank you for showing

What a great instructional video on the process of reduction printing!

Señora York, thanks to your advice the first color, so far, has come perfect. You are a wonderful teacher and I appreciate very much your taking the time to answer my questions. Thank you.

You explain everything beautifully! It's often hard to talk to beginners about the intricacies of ink mixtures and complex processes. I appreciate this, cheers!

Fabulous, thanks Sherrie. Glad to see someone else has reservations during the reduction process and just keeps going to see what happens

Inspirational and such a clear commentary and process. Thank you!

I have watched this several times now. I like how you work through the different problems, always with an optimistic attitude!

what a great instructional on reduction linocut printing. Clear and very straight forward . I learned a lot thank you for sharing .

Thank you so much. Lovely video and lovely prints. Appreciate the clear info.

Thank you so so much for your generosity of spirit - your print is absolutely delightful and I have learned so much . I look forward to looking at all your work and I will try and attempt another reduction print 🙌 🌸🧡

Thank you very much, Sherrie. I got quite a few nice tips from you.

Wow! It's gorgeous, and thank you so much for sharing

Gorgeous work.

Absolutely gorgeous… it’s amazing how painterly these prints look

I love the design and the contrast of colors. I appreciate the explanations about the layering of colors. I have done a reduction print, and you cleared up one of those questions I had when you did the yellow color.

I love your works!! Amazing details.

Thank you Sherrie! You made my day brighter!

That was absolutely brilliant! I have just received a Lino cutting kit for Mother’s Day, and found this video fascinating . Can’t wait to to try it! Thanks so much for sharing your process.

Awesome work!! Absolutely love this

Love your art, patience, and sense of humour 😄👌

I've enjoyed your work for years and it's lovely to hear you talk about how you make it.

A really great review of your process. Thanks for sharing!

Fascinating process and breathtaking work. Thank you so much for sharing! ❤

Insightful video, amazing work! Thank you and congratulations!

Lovely work and well explained. Thank you!

Love your explanations of reduction method. Beautiful work!. Thank you.

This was so satisfying to watch and so instructional. Thank you so much!!

Thank you for an informative video. This is a beautiful print!

I agree with Wendy Willis.I was lovely to see you work and I learnt heaps. I appreciate your generosity in sharing your process. Loved seeing your registration system being used.

This was so inspiring! I've been dabbling in Lino printing, but this is a whole other level! Thanks for sharing :)

Wonderful instruction. Thank you for enlightening us about the procedure

Thank you so much Sherrie! I started lino printing a couple of weeks ago and I needed an instruction video like yours to get a better sense of the reduction method. You explain it very well! And what a beautiful peace of art!

Absolutely wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing this extremely informative video.

Hugely inspiring Sherrie, and thank you much for making this video and showing us your technique !

This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing such a detailed account of your process!

Excellent demo and honest and sincere. Great work thank you

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing.

best video i have seen on this process so far, and what a beautiful print.

Decided to comment and now I don't know what to say ... I can't come up with anything that sounds as sincere as I would mean it to be received, or as honestly flattering and grateful that doesn't appear gratuitous ... after some though I came to this ... Today I was, once again, unexpectedly touched by Serendipity when I found you on RU-vid while merely searching for a couple of decent tutorial videos on lino cutting and printing - I've been an acrylic painter since my high school days in the very early 70's and am just getting stocked up and about ready to get busy in printmaking so to expand my options when creating ... anyway, that's the plan - but today I took an unexpected turn and was held in awe as I walked right into your Sistine Chapel, your Louvre, your Webpage. I am certain that if I had begun relief printmaking 50 years ago instead of painting you would still be, today, my Master. I have been studying many very talented lino printmakers in Great Britain (seems like everyone is doing it there - and they are remarkably talented in their own ways too) and I've seen much that I admire and marvel at, but I was not ready for the complete cultural experience that you have created for yourself all centered around nature and the love of it - while my style of art doesn't reflect this at all, my life appreciations that I've accumulated does in my vital force within. What can you say to your Master when you meet her, what can you offer her in appropriate compensation for what you've so generously been given? If I were somewhat younger than the years that I am now I would offer you my daily services as your apprentice as they used to do. But alas, that cannot be for me ... I can only hope to someday perhaps meet up with you in person, take you to dinner and properly thank you for what you've done for me today and all my tomorrows. I have signed up to your newsletter and will glean what I can from it, and your on-going works, what I possibly can in order to be, myself, more like my Master in the end.

Thank you! So clear and beautiful.

Wow! Great work!! Very inspiring...

Excellent demonstration! Answered a lot of my questions. Thank you.

Bravo! That is so cool. Love how you used the opaque layers to change gears, and I’ll be using your newsprint mask idea, very helpful. Thanks for posting.

Outstanding. Love the process. That last run is always so gratifiing.

that was outstanding! such a wonderful explanation and demonstration and of course a brilliant end result print. thank you!

Thanks!!! Very nice work! And soo deep colors

That is a wonderful demonstration and explanation, absolutely love your work. Thank you so much for sharing ❤

Really like your drying rack set-up 👍

I so wish more videos could be music-free. Thank you for making such a technically good audiovisual artifact, as well as a challenging and ultimately successful reduction print! If RU-vid had a "stars" rating system, I'd give this 5 out of five.

Thank you very much! You explained the process so well and I loved watching how the image came to life with each colour pass. I think you've got me hooked on trying lino printing.

Fascinating process.

Utterly beautiful. I am just starting the print making journey and your work is inspirational!

Great tutorial. Appreciate you showing some of the tricky decision making involved. Thank you!

Wow, it looks so good! I love it! You're amazing

Just came across this and enjoyed it very much! Thanks! I have been making prints for about a year now. I was never taught or trained and videos like this help alot, so thanks for sharing!

Your work is really beautiful. Thank you for such a great instructional video. I would have no idea of the work behind making such a pleasing print. I will be watching, and enjoying more of your work. Amazing!

Great info!! You answered a lot of my questions.

this was wonderful! thank you for sharing!

Excellent demo! 👏👏👏👏

Well done Sherrie! It is so nice to see you in person and hear your voice. As a long time fan this is a really nice introduction. It is always so cool to see another printmaker, carve and share their process.

Very very interesting. I have always wondered about the process, and your demo ( and finished piece) were outstanding!

Wow, fascinating, fantastic and inspiring. I had to repeat the video a few times to really understand the process of carving, painting and how shadows and highlight develop with every pass of paint. Thank you very much for the video. I found your gallery and I am amazed of the beauty ofd your work, so inspiring.

Thanks for the tutorial. Good work!

Hi! Great video. I live in Maine and recently began to focus on printmaking. This was a great explanation of process and things to consider, and I like your drying rack!

I’m another long time fan. Great to see a video.

lovely work Sherri

Hi Sherri, amazing work, as an absolute beginner to lino cutting reduction prints the video is so concice and very well presented. It's by far the best explanation of a reduction print that I have seen. I have been inspired by the process and I have to say I am quite excited to try a reduction. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Thank you for sharing your story! Really enjoyed your video :)

Stunning work and a great explanation of the risks! But the resultant print is beautiful work, almost photographic. Thank you for sharing.

That was so instructive and beautiful! I am starting back after many years of hiatus from printmaking. Your video was amazing and makes me want to invest in a press (of course LOL). Thanks for putting the time into this excellent video.

Thank you! I'm just starting and this was so very helpful.

That was fantastic, Sherrie. As a beginner, I loved seeing what's possible, and how complex it can be. Inspirational work. Thank you.

Amazing, thank you for sharing!!

Awesome depth! Great to see the evolution. I've wanted to try this for like 10 years. I only need a SPOON?!?!

Yeah really enjoyed watching you wrestle the colours back in a different direction and it was very informative.... I'm going to be trying my first reduction very soon and it'll probably be a complex piece... This really helped. Thanks

Fantastic video! Thank you :)

lovely video, thank you!

Thanks for the great walk-through! I especially appreciated how you talked through those tricky decision-making processes. It's cool to hear an artist describe how they make choices. I need to explore your channel a little more, but I'm curious about how to construct a jig. I got the general idea of how yours works, but I'm interested to see how to line things up and attach the pins. Anyways, very cool! Your print was beautiful as well.

That’s great, thank you

Love this technique

Amazing!

Thanks so much for doing this. As a self-taught reduction woodcut printmaker, I'm forever questioning if I'm doing things right. I've long been a fan of yours, so seeing you work through the same issues I have in the same ways I do, has been a great confidence boost. I often print lighter colors over darker, bolder ones, and I love that you refer to the "ugly duckling stage" -- I call it the "awkward stage."

Wow ....the masking of the yellow bits is exactly where I am stuck. The sticky paints mean I need to dry them 1 day more......no-one tells you that at college. Neither did the Masters degree tutor tell me to sketch the image onto paper, trace it, draw it in ......the carve thin lines...wax crayon over the carved image with newspaper to get an idea of the possible lines of the print to see before taking out too much of the block. I paid a tutor who had no idea about the process and how to teach the steps. I did litho printing. The tutors told us everything in one go and there were 38 steps because I drew them in a flowchart. They really do need to learn how to teach first before they start importing technical knowledge. Now I understand because you broke it down so well and it’s answered a lot of my problems because I couldn’t work out how to keep the yellow bright without it getting darker from the other colours. Thankyou! Beware of bogus tutors online who don’t know the process!

thank you Sherrie for this reduction process tutorial. Have admired your work for nearly two decades. I believe (not certain though) you might have posted and/or commented in the Wetcanvas printmaking community at one time? I haven't been active at all in that community for several years due to health challenges but recently returned to the medium in limited capacity. I have never attempted reduction lino and feel inspired to after watching this tutorial. Best wishes.

Fantastic ~Thanks for sharing 😊

So beautiful and informative. Thank you...Mary Kosary

Besides being an awesome instructor, your hair looks great 😊

Awesome!

Gracias Sherry me inspiras bella

Wow very impressed and excited I will make a complete hash of it haha!

🌺So so gorgeous!!! ❤ I just bought a kit to start block printing and so afraid my klutzyness will show up and I’ll slice my finger open! I used to do Needlefelting and jabbed myself several times! 😂