For a few weeks now I've had an itch to start doing lino printing - don't know why, I don't know how these things happen, but I felt the need to explore and so I did. Got myself a starter kit from Amazon and a few Youtube how-to videos and away I went. Badly. In the interests of full transparency I will show you how crappy my first few attempts were. These are all about 10 x 15 cm, so quite small.
The first one was a fish. You can tell it's a fish, but that's about it. I'm just pleased I didn't cut myself.
Then a little cactus in a pot, with a flower. I very much enjoyed printing lots of little cacti, on different coloured paper, with different weights and gloss. It's fun.
The cat was a concern. The original mouth looked terrible so I cut it out again and made it look worse. Very disturbing when you see it in multiple.
I am clearly entering a period of crazed hyperfocus so I've ordered some better quality tools, oil-based inks, a lot more lino, a lot more paper and a nail brush (it's hideously messy) and will jump down the rabbit hole both feet forward.
How do you find the time??? Interesting, though maybe not quite as good as your painting. Yet.
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