http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/artists-linoleum-lino-for-linocutslinoprints/ Art Drawing Printmaking Photography Australian Wildflowers Wildlife Studio Diary Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/artists-linoleum-lino-for-linocutslinoprints/#comment-348 Lyn Weir Sun, 31 May 2009 08:11:53 +0000 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-348 Hi David, Screen printing inks are designed to be pushed through a fine screen so are not really the right consistency for relief printing. Relief printing inks have a 'thicker' quality that can be rolled out with a roller or brayer and then transferred onto the block for printing. There are two basic types of relief printing inks for linocuts - water-based and oil-based. I use oil-based ink as I then handcolour using watercolours - they need be cleaned up using turps or something like vegetable oil etc. You can also use water-based relief printing inks - which have the advantage of having a water wash up. Many linocut artists use waterbased inks especially when using multiple blocks or reduction blocks using different colours. I prefer the effect I can achieve for my work with wildflowers etc using the hand colouring with watercolour. I also enjoy working with this particular process at this time. All the best with your linocuts and your cards. kind regards Lyn Hi David,
Screen printing inks are designed to be pushed through a fine screen so are not really the right consistency for relief printing.
Relief printing inks have a ‘thicker’ quality that can be rolled out with a roller or brayer and then transferred onto the block for printing.
There are two basic types of relief printing inks for linocuts – water-based and oil-based. I use oil-based ink as I then handcolour using watercolours – they need be cleaned up using turps or something like vegetable oil etc. You can also use water-based relief printing inks – which have the advantage of having a water wash up. Many linocut artists use waterbased inks especially when using multiple blocks or reduction blocks using different colours.
I prefer the effect I can achieve for my work with wildflowers etc using the hand colouring with watercolour. I also enjoy working with this particular process at this time.
All the best with your linocuts and your cards.
kind regards
Lyn

]]> http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/06/07/artists-linoleum-lino-for-linocutslinoprints/#comment-347 david k. Fri, 29 May 2009 01:48:07 +0000 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/?p=494#comment-347 hi there! hopefully you get this, i know you posted this last year! i wanted to know because i am just now starting to experiment with incorporating linocuts into my line of greeting cards. do you talk anywhere about the kinds of ink to use? i used screenprint ink, but not sure how diff that is from block ink. and do you clean the block after so that they can be reused in another run of printing? i posted my very first rough draft print last night, still got a ways to go. i made a cherry tree with a cage, because after i print i will hotglue a folded origami crane sitting on top of the branch. any info you have as far as the ink would be great, i'll keep reading your posts too! maybe you could follow my blog too! hi there! hopefully you get this, i know you posted this last year! i wanted to know because i am just now starting to experiment with incorporating linocuts into my line of greeting cards. do you talk anywhere about the kinds of ink to use? i used screenprint ink, but not sure how diff that is from block ink. and do you clean the block after so that they can be reused in another run of printing? i posted my very first rough draft print last night, still got a ways to go. i made a cherry tree with a cage, because after i print i will hotglue a folded origami crane sitting on top of the branch. any info you have as far as the ink would be great, i’ll keep reading your posts too! maybe you could follow my blog too!

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