Linocut printmaking: what materials to get started?
If you would like to create your first print, here are my tips and tricks to help you have fun without breaking the bank…
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Follow here my artistic journey and discover with me all the treasures of printmaking. Find here informations, tips and tricks and pictures of the process of creating original linocut prints; recent news about exhibitions; articles about inspirational printmakers... Do not hesitate to tell me what you think and ask as many questions as you like!
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
Many constraints and a lot of freedom...
In the series of answers to your frequent questions, "how to print in colours" ?
Jan 31, 20231 min read
A rainbow on your roller!
Or how to print multiple colours in one press run... That's it! You have created your first print during a workshop and caught the...
Oct 3, 20222 min read
Do you have to know how to draw to learn printmaking?
Get your confidence back, you can enjoy yourself and make beautiful prints without having an impeccable drawing technique!
Jul 3, 20222 min read
What can we learn from the signature of an original print ?
Under the print, written with a pencil, there are three spaces with many informations...
May 16, 20223 min read
Playing with different kinds of printmaking inks
A little printing experiment to evoke the sparkle of the trees lit by the moon at night In a recent article we saw how a different colour...
Apr 17, 20222 min read
From day to night and from spring to autumn… colour variations
Multi-plates lino printing, an easy way to vary the atmosphere of a print by changing the colour of the ink while printing...
Oct 15, 20211 min read
From sketch to print, the journey of 'retour de plage', a reduction print
A four colours linocut reduction print step by step
Aug 20, 20212 min read
The exhibition “Limited Edition, Vollard, Petiet and Modern Master Prints” closes soon
You can also have an overview online on the site of the Petit Palais... This blogpost is quite short with very few pictures (it is not...
Aug 17, 20212 min read
Printmaking is a game: jigsaw printing
See how to print different colors one next to another with clean edges thanks to the jigsaw printing technique!
Jul 11, 20213 min read
Summertime! Printing with the sun: making cyanotypes
A cyanotype is sometimes called a 'sun print'. Here is a step by step guide to make your first cyanotype.
Jun 4, 20213 min read
A lovely “fête de l’estampe”, marked by our reunion on the occasion of my open house studio
Relive the highlights of this event in pictures and follow Anne de la Forge, art enameler and Mizanne, ceramicist with whom we had set up...
May 20, 20212 min read
Let’s celebrate fine art print and printmaking with us on the occasion of the “Fête de l’estampe”
Open house studio and online events on 24th, 26th, 29th and 30th May! La “fête de l'estampe” is a great print fest organised for the 9th...
Apr 7, 20211 min read
The process of relief printmaking: to see the world upside down?
Discover the printmaking process step by step
Apr 6, 20213 min read
The art of printmaking, a pleasure for the eye and for the touch
A print is to be admired. Do you know that printmaking is also a joy for the other senses ?
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