I tried this years ago, and it laid the ground work for my work in copper repos'e. Copper work creations were 3 dimensional weather vanes, fish sculptures and fountain art, and some lawn sprinkler applications. This kept me out of boredom during my painting. Copper art had to be set aside as a result of the astronomical costs of sheet copper, now just painting, and enjoying it. Good video, excellent presentation.
Very interesting! I like the print, though this technique is complicated for people like me - I would not be able to make precise lines and cuts with my hands. Anyway, thank you, Malcolm for sharing various techniques and your expertise with us!
it seems harder using black lino, in the UK we have light coloured lino, which is easier to transfer your design, I don't know whether you have access to it in south Africa, even so, it is very therapeutic, even with simple designs
Hi Malcolm. Can you please suggest a good way of keeping acrylic paints moist and workable? I've many but the baking paper layer keeps tearing when I mix my paint. I don't like to waste paint.
If your lino is hard you can make it softer using a heat pad, hot water bottle, hairdryer or simply by sitting on it. It does dry out and becomes crumbly when it gets old so always try to buy just what youll use in a few months. The vinyl you used (and other materials such as speedball speedy carve) technically isnt lino and has its place and is easier if you dont have the best tools but it has its own issues. When carving the pieces dont just break off as they do with real lino and you find yourself pulling at the pieces or using a knife to cut them off. This can lead to rough definition of lines and edges or the lino tearing and ruining your work. The disposable essdee or speedball tools you have there are ok but if your serious get some cheap japanese wood cut tools or pfeil tools. Pfeil are the industry leaders and used by many pro lino artists. They can be sharpened and the disposable ones cannot. Fresh lino, sharp tools and eventually a better set will mean less ruined work and less mistakes or problems and lead to a much nicer experience and will stop you getting disheartened. Also get a nice soft brayer, the speedball ones with red handles and white rollers are great, the essedee like the one you used is ok but try and get the same one but with a blue handle as its softer and applies the ink better. Hope this helps.
Thank you for the useful information. There is much to learn about lino and I am just starting. I have the Speedball brayer now which makes a huge difference.
@@MalcolmDewey Pleasure, thank you so much for the great videos, yes, a softer brayer helps a ton. When I said "if youre serious get better tools" i didnt mean you, it seemed very rude, i meant if anyone falls in love with linocut. :)
Excellent tutorial, sir ! I've been following your chanel for a while, and it has good, quality content and it's been very helpful for me so far, I also like a lot your style of painting and the way you conduct yourself ! Thank you for sharing all this wonderful content, sir !
Thank you for this this interesting and fun demo! Would need to get my head around the "negative" image , but I think this could be an excellent project to try! Your print is beautiful!☺
