This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a lino print using multiple colors. It explains that the process involves making successive cuts to the lino printing plate to reduce the areas that will print, and layering different colored inks on the plate to create an image where the lighter colors show through the darker ones. The instructions are divided into sections for the initial cutting, the first print, the second cutting, the second print, the third cutting, and the final print.
2. The First Cutting
• This is your first
cut
• Remember the
Health and Safety
Instructions!
• Cut out the
OUTLINES ONLY
3. Your First Print (LIGHTEST COLOUR)
• Ink up your roller with
ink
• Transfer the ink onto
your plate
• Try to get an even layer
of ink
4. The Second Cutting
• After washing and
drying your plate
you are ready to cut
away (or reduce)
more of your plate
• Remember Health
and Safety!
• This time any thing
you cut away will
stay the same colour
as the first ink layer
5. The Second Print (MIDDLE COLOUR)
• Print this colour once
on separate paper
• Print twice more, this
time aligning it perfectly
on top of 2 of your
other colour prints.
6. The Third Cutting
• Time to reduce
your plate
again
• Remember
Health and
Safety!
• See how much
of the plate has
been removed
7. The Final Print (DARKEST COLOUR)
• Place the plate back over
the first and second print
• See how the colours
from the other layers
show through
• Do this to four of your
prints
• Stick the best one in your
book