Here is a very good linocut tip. You can see the mushroom centre - to be done in dark brown and the checked cloth - to be done in pale blue. (I got rid of the parsley as it interfered with the plate design). I had to work out how to do the white bit of the mushroom accurately and it's easiest to work from the first plate. You need your cut block, a piece of  coloured card the same size, and the new block the same size (all 16cm square) 1) Ink up the plate with white ink. (left image) 2) Print … [Read more...]