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

In Process

Finished Carving

Printed on Paper

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

Plan your screens based on light to dark values. Consider where you want ties and where you don't.

Lightest Value

Medium Value

Medium Value

Your Darkest Values will be Linoleum

Color Schemes

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

Realistic Coloration

Non-objective Coloration

Monochromatic Coloration

Layers

Print the screenprinted layers first. Then, print the block on top.

Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Optional: Layer 4

Linoleum Block Layer

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