Lino prints

[Rikard]

I mostly paint with watercolor. Rather quick and direct. Now I wanted to try something different. Lino printing. I find it to be quite meditative. I do struggle to get even prints though. Not sure if I want to invest in a press. Could changing roller help? I use a cheap, hard one.

 

[Sanlynn]

These are really cool. I also want to experiment with Lino printing and have the same issue. Hope someone has some ideas.

 

[Terri]

These look great! I love your cat, and the green shades are very attractive. The not-perfect prints don't bother me a bit.

A good firm brayer (I like Speedball) is probably the best you'll do without investing in a press. Even though they're referred to as "soft" rubber brayers, they are actually quite firm. I use them for image transfers and collage. Foam brayers would likely not work well.

I've only done a smattering of printmaking in a college class - it was fun, but of course the press makes it easier. (For me, I think doing all the cutouts for this process would be the deal-breaker. But I'm lazy.)

This is very good work! If you think you're going to move in this direction and they're not super expensive, a press would certainly give you more even, consistent results. For occasional fun, I think these are perfectly fine.

Someone with more experience may weigh in here and offer more help.

 

[Rikard]

These look great! I love your cat, and the green shades are very attractive. The not-perfect prints don't bother me a bit.

A good firm brayer (I like Speedball) is probably the best you'll do without investing in a press. Even though they're referred to as "soft" rubber brayers, they are actually quite firm. I use them for image transfers and collage. Foam brayers would likely not work well.

I've only done a smattering of printmaking in a college class - it was fun, but of course the press makes it easier. (For me, I think doing all the cutouts for this process would be the deal-breaker. But I'm lazy.)

This is very good work! If you think you're going to move in this direction and they're not super expensive, a press would certainly give you more even, consistent results. For occasional fun, I think these are perfectly fine.

Someone with more experience may weigh in here and offer more help.

Thank you. I do think the speedball brayer would be an upgrade to the one I use. Mine is super hard. I really struggle getting it to take up the ink evenly. I did some researching. From what I understand; A slightly softer roller would help. So would using oil based ink. The smaller hand levered presses seems to get mixed reviews. I think I will try and see if I can find another brayer as my next step.

 

[Donna T]

These are so good! I hope you can try a different roller and maybe some different kinds of paper too. They all take up ink differently.

 

[Triduana]

Great work! I haven't done lino prints for a long time, but I love the process.