Making method of printmaking

Printmaking is an important category of China fine arts. Ancient prints mainly refer to woodcuts, but a few copperplate prints and overprinting are not allowed. Actually, it is not difficult to make prints. The following is a simple tutorial of printmaking. Please refer to.

Prints? Prepared tool materials

1. Blow paper is the material for basic printing. There are two kinds: one is double-layered (good toughness, soft and easy to wrinkle); One is a single layer (hard, not easy to wrinkle, strong and durable). Both can be used, which requires smoothness, no fracture and no wrinkle. It is sold in general stationery stores and decoration business departments.

2. Gouache pigment, gouache, oil painting pen, palette, water cup, iron clip.

3. Drawing pencils or ballpoint pens for plate making. Don't sharpen the tip of the pencil, it's a little thicker, so it's not easy to cut the blow-molded paper, and the lines are rough and the depressions formed are clear.

Printmaking steps

Drawing and modification

Carving: Round knives carve thick lines, triangular knives carve thin lines, and flat knives and oblique knives are responsible for large areas.

Ink mixing: fully and evenly roll the ink.

Ink, observe whether the ink is uniform from the side.

Paper feeding, pressing and fixing

Then press it hard, and a work is finished.