The production process and art of black and white woodcut

The production process of black and white woodcut

1 Treatment of wood blocks, refer to the treatment of wood blocks for the process of polishing and plate making. The uneven surface of A can be planed by carpenters to remove a thin layer; B, sandpaper grinding, pay attention to grinding wood chips when grinding; C, if there are still small cracks, use latex to blend and grind fine wood chips to fill them. Wax the manuscript. After the manuscript is completed, a layer of wax is coated on the whole page to better fill the tiny fiber seams and make it easier to print. At the same time, waxed wood becomes brittle and easy to carve. Heat with an electric iron, dry and scrape with a knife. Some people also paint varnish.

2 overdraft 1, transfer printing 2, direct drawing 3, paste drawing

Coat with oil paint.

4. Pay attention to the usage of the carving knife: black and white processing, virtual and real processing.

5 dozen inks, coated on the layout, evenly coated on the carved part.

6 printing, paper, wooden mushrooms

Signature: print run, name, version, name, year and color matching.

Color-matching woodcut printing: Out-of-print printing, one color for each edition, from light color to dark color.

Black and white woodcut prints have the following artistic features worthy of attention:

1 makes use of the true colors of objects as much as possible, presenting a woody taste.

2. Using the technique of "leaving black" skillfully, the depicted characters are specially treated, and the unique artistic effect of printmaking is obtained.

Give full play to the characteristics of print watermark, so that large prints can produce strong artistic effects.

Through ingenious composition, the theme is set off by different styles such as fullness, density and simplicity.