Inspired Artist: Block Print For Beginners: Learn To Make Lino Blocks And Create Unique Relief Prints

Inspired Artist: Block Print For Beginners: Learn To Make Lino Blocks And Create Unique Relief Prints

Learn to create contemporary, unique works of art with traditional carving tools and printmaking techniques. Step-by-step projects and creative lino prints make it fun and easy. TheInspired Artist series invites art hobbyists and casual art enthusiasts to have fun learning basic art concepts, relaxing into the creative process to make art in a playful, contemporary style. Aspiring artists, illustrators, art students, and art hobbyists will discover how to use basic carving tools and techniques todesign and create custom lino prints for unique works of art. Practical instruction combined with approachable step-by-step projects andinspirational imagery guide readers on an engaging, easy-to-follow exploration of block printing. Beginning withan introduction to essential tools, such as printmaking inks, carving blocks, gouges, and papers,Block Print for Beginners demonstrates how to get from uncarved blocks to beautiful prints, covering everything includingdesigning the print,best practices for carving,working with various inks, andhow to achieve the best print results. Once comfortable with the basics, aspiring printmakers can move on to explore a series ofstep-by-step tutorials for creating a variety of lino prints that they can use over and over again. Fromsimple landscapes andnature motifs toeveryday items and evenportraits,Block Print for Beginners provides a fresh, contemporary, and enjoyable approach to learning this time-treasured art form.About the AuthorElise Young is a creator and printmaker living and working in Toronto, Canada. She makes art under her studio name, Bloomingprint, which she established in 2016.