Linoleum + Screenprinting Portraits

  • Minimum 4 Color Run
  • Looks like the face
  • Visible Facial Features
    • Two Eyes
    • Nose
    • Mouth
    • At least one ear
    • Hair
    • Clothes
  • Minimum 6 Final Prints
    • Realistic Color Scheme
    • Non-objective Color Scheme
    • Monochromatic Color Scheme
Things to ask yourself:
  • Did I use dynamic & expressive cropping and framing to elicit an original portrait?
  • Have I created volumetric features?
  • Did I do something beyond the minimum requirements?
  • Do I have at least one print that is accurately registered?

Linoleum Block Carving

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In Process
LINOLEUM BLOCK
  • OUTLINES OF MAIN FEATURES
  • DARKEST VALUES REMAIN
  • REFINED DETAILS

OPTIONAL BACKGROUND DESIGN
  • PATTERN 
  • WALLPAPER EFFECT

BORDER
  • 1/4" BORDER AROUND OUTSIDE
  • CAN MAKE BOTTOM SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN TOP AND SIDES
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VIDEO DEMO : LINOLEUM PORTRAIT DRAWING & STARTING CARVING

Cutting your screens
DEMO VIDEO
Plan your screens based on light to dark values. Consider where you want ties and where you don't.
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Lightest Value
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Medium Value
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Medium Value
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Your Darkest Values will be Linoleum

Color Schemes

Minimum Requirement: 1. Realistic Color  2. Non-objective Color  3. Monochromatic Color
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Realistic Coloration
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Non-objective Coloration
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Monochromatic Coloration

Suite of Images

Make several images of each color requirement, so that you end up with at least one in each group that is well registered, as well as a few interesting weird ones.