Block Printing: Techniques for Linoleum and Wood Kindle Edition

This is a quick read and has all the tips you need to get started with block printing. The book is easy to follow well put together. I am pretty new to block printing and learned techniques that I will implement.

This is a great little book on block printing covering all the basics including safety, tools, types of blocks, inks, and paper. It is a book I would categorize as a survey that touches on all of the important aspects of the process. If you want more detailed, historically-focused, or in-depth instruction in relief printmaking then this might not be your book. But, this book really covers the basics well and includes information that I haven't seen elsewhere and does so with both words and pictures. If I were to teach a weekend course in beginning block printing I would include this book on the list of materials as a great reference.

Another basic, but well-illustrated approach. It is short and at 90 pages, I derived more satisfaction from Yeates' Learning Linocut. The stepwsie photographs effectively show the basic techniques of both lino and wood block printing. The photographs clearly display each step needed for a reduction print and the basic cutting form and styles for wood block. As a basic learning tool, it is great, but the annotated gallery of 25 prints at the end are rudimentary and do not indicate the extent to which the mediums can be manipulated as do the ones in Yeates' book.

I purchased this book for reading about different techniques and to have in my art book collection. Excellent examples and instructions on how too.

I was really looking forward to reading this book sitting on my wish list for several months. Prior to reading I only carved two speedy carve blocks, and was not satisfied with the results. I had hoped for more techniques on carving in on lino and other softer surfaces (speedy carve, etc). For example, how to use cross-hatching for shadows, how very small lines can be used to be shadowing and how to deal with negative space. For those carving speedy carve and softer materials, there are particular technical issues that weren't covered here. This book is a good primer for the beginner in linoleum carving and basic printmaking.One thing to note, the book format is smaller than usual with fewer pages than the typical art/crafting book (which is usually around 120 pages) especially at this price. But for a beginner, this might be perfect for what you're looking for...I really liked the gallery in the back of the book showing other folks work where I learned how other artists are treating certain composition issues, shadowing, and choosing what to do with negative space.A good primer if you are just getting started.

A great book for beginners. If you want to learn the basics of wood block carving this would be the book for you. It covers all the tools and materials you will need to get started.I have never carved block or lanolium before but this book provided me with most of the information I need to learn this craft.The rest is up to you and your creativity.

Well written, lots of photographs and illustrations, detailed and worth having. Covers the basics of beginning in a clear way, lots of step by step photo instructions.

Very good written

Really great step by step to lino cutting, including those little mysteries such as alignment etc. I’ve got the kindle version and would consider getting the physical copy too. The formatting is fine for the paper white, but obviously can zoom in and see in colour on the iPad.

I'm still a novice at linocut and was hoping for book giving - as it says in the title, techniques for block printing, in particular, multi block techniques. I'm not sure that I learnt anything new. The content is also quite sparse, I read the whole book in about an hour. I expected more content for a 90 page book. This was little more than a leaflet/brochure. Very disappointed.

Really nice work book with good photographic guides and clear instructional writing.Whilst you cannot replicate the projects in the book, the technique guidance is sufficiently clear to get you going on your own projects.

How to pad out a book with very little information... lesson 1. 3 pages on how to trace something...!!!

Very useful book with some excellent advice for the novice.