Woodcut printmaking steps

Preparation materials: wax, ink, carving knife, board, printing paper.

1, painted colors in advance, easy to distinguish where to carve off, where not carved off, drawing, repairing the draft.

2, round mouth knife carving thick lines, triangular knife carving fine lines, flat knife, oblique knife is responsible for large areas.

3, in the engraved prints, fully rolled uniform ink.

4, on the ink, side observation of the ink is uniform.

5, lay the printing paper compacted and fixed.

6, compaction slowly compaction, hard compaction.

7, finally take up from the woodblock print can be.