This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a lino print using multiple colors. It outlines cutting the lino printing plate in stages to build up layers of color, with instructions for inking and printing each layer on paper. The process involves making an initial outline cut, then additional cuts that remove more of the plate to reveal earlier applied colors underneath subsequent inks. In total, there are instructions for three cutting and inking stages to create a multi-colored lino print.

1. Lino step by Step

2. First Things First
• Put your name and
form on the back
• You only get one of
these plates so its
important that it
doesn’t get lost!

3. The First Cutting
• This is your first
cut
• Remember the
Health and Safety
Instructions!
• Cut out the
OUTLINES ONLY

4. 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
• Remember to make 2
prints onto newsprint
paper

5. 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

6. 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.

7. The Third Cutting
• Time to reduce
your plate
again
• Remember
Health and
Safety!
• See how much
of the plate has
been removed

8. 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