Beginner’s Guide to Linocut: 10 print projects with top techniques to get you started - Softcover

Yeates, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782215840 ISBN 13: 9781782215844

Publisher: Search Press, 2018

Synopsis

Master the basics and beyond of linocutting with expert tutor and artist, Susan Yeates.

Linocut and screenprinting have undergone a resurgence in recent years. This book teaches the basic techniques for learning to make your own prints under the guidance and tutelage of expert teacher and artist Susan Yeates.

Susan, who also runs the popular 30 Day Sketchbook Challenge, and authored the title Sketchbook Challenge (9781800920453), explains the rudiments of linocutting, and guides you through ten practical and attainable projects including greeting cards, artworks to frame, labels for jam jars, seed packets and bags or tea towels to print and give as personalised presents.

There are handy tips and suggestions throughout the book and each project begins with a list of tools and materials needed.

About this title

About the Author

Susan Yeates is an artist, author, podcast host and TEDx speaker. She has written and self-published four books including Learning Linocut (2011), an Amazon no. 1 bestseller, and Learn to Earn from Printmaking – An essential guide to creating and marketing a printmaking business (2016). Susan's first title for Search Press, Beginner's Guide to Linocut, was published in 2018.

Susan obtained a fine art, printmaking degree from Loughborough University and has been teaching art courses and workshops both in person and online since 2003. She also co-runs a pottery café in Woking, Surrey. Susan’s TEDx talk, Create your mandala universe – collaborate for a beautiful life, was broadcast in 2020.

Susan runs an annual 30-day sketching challenge every January through her website susanyeates.co.uk and on Instagram (@learninglinocut) and Facebook, encouraging people to develop a daily sketching habit. 

Susan lives and works in Woking in Surrey, UK, and continues to teach printmaking and sketching through online courses. Susan is passionate about inspiring others to get creative and also hosts a podcast called Creativity Talks. 

From the Back Cover

Learn to create beautiful, practical linocut prints at home with this exciting new guide for the absolute beginner.

Susan Yeates leads you through every step of the linocutting process, from drawing and designing your lino block to carving the lino itself, applying the ink and making beautiful contemporary prints and gifts to be truly proud of.

There are 10 projects to try, plus variations to have fun with, and each project features a full-size template that you can trace and use, or adapt to your own designs.

Have fun with linocutting!

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1782215840
• ISBN 13: 9781782215844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96