What is the difference between a monotype and a monoprint?

Please help! I have a printmaking final tomorrow.

How do I transpose a picture onto a piece of wood?

I drew a very cool picture that I’d like to engrave or carve into a piece of wood. I tried copying the image onto a piece of wax paper thinking I would tape that onto the piece of wood and then follow the lines with an exacto knife to cut them into the wood. I’m [...]

Macnab Instruction Book

It took awhile but I’ve posted all of the text from Iain Macnab’s book called The Student’s Book of Wood-Engraving published in 1938. I’ve included some wood engraving illustrations found in the book as well. Scottish artist Ian Macnab was the founder and principal of the famous Grosvenor School of Modern Art and was best [...]

I want to get started etching…but how?

I really love the look of etched prints and I think my drawings are definitely suited to the medium. But how do I get started? I’ve looked at local art school courses but they only offer courses in relief printing (lino, woodcut etc) Obviously purchasing a press is out of the question. Any ideas? I’m [...]

Why are prints numbered?

What is the idea behind numbering prints? Does it have to do with value?

Why soak paper for printing etchings?

What does soaking the paper and then blotting it do for the image of the final print?

Was Albrecht Durer a Catholic or Lutheran?

I know the painting “The Four Apostles” is his support for Lutheranism and his woodcut of “Last Supper” is a Catholic scene. I’m not religious, so if somebody could please straighten this out for me. It would help a lot!

Relief Printing on an Etching Press

I’ve updated an earlier post dealing with the challenge of printing relief on an etching press. Printmaker Maria Arango Diener suggested using discarded rubber blankets from the commercial lithography industry to use on your etching press for cushioning between the steel rollers and the woodcut or wood engraving block instead of cardboard. The post is [...]

Is the Flammarion woodcut medieval?

I’m trying to find out more information about this wonderful image called Flammarion.

Durer’s Christ Descending into Limbo

What are the dimensions of Albrecht Durer’s  woodcut “Christ Descending into Limbo”?

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