Printmaking | Linocut: In The City

Karrie Brewer

Church I, 2018

Linocut on watercolor paper

5 x 7 inches

NCHS

This space is prepared for student to roll ink on Lino.

Reference lines are made in advance for a precise guideline for students to use for proper print position and proportion. 

Detailed Reference Line Space

Student rolls ink on LINO. 

Student prints on Japanese paper. 

Student shows a lovely city themed print on watercolor paper. 

Student signs her finished artwork. 

LINOCUT: In The City

• Research subject images of cityscape, city elements, city culture, city architecture. 
• Sketch ideas in sketchbook.
• Draw final sketch on transfer paper using pencil and copy onto LINO.
• Use Art Classroom safety procedures and personal space during the cutting process. Cut AWAY from the body. Clean space and throw away scraps. 
• Linocut print must display high contrast positive and negative space.
• Prepare watercolor paper with an abstract background.
• Create 2 prints (first - Japanese paper, second - watercolor background).
• Use black block print ink.
• Artwork must display high contrast positive & negative SPACE, LINE, SHAPE, TEXTURE
• Cityscape should show CRAFTSMANSHIP, NEATNESS, CLEAN and CRISP PRINTING LINES.