My print design is of a violin and my initials. To make my print, I first had to sketch it on paper.
Then I did a pencil transfer to get the design on my Linoleum block.
I carved out what I wanted to be white, which was the violin strings. I then took blue ink and put it on my Linoleum block. I pressed it down a sheet of paper. It didn't work the first couple of times, but I got better as I printed more. After I printed blue, I washed off my block and carved out anything I wanted to stay blue. So I carved out the bridge, fingerboard and f holes of the violin and around my initials. I took purple ink this time and inked the block. I printed on top of the blue to makes the shapes appear. The first tries didn't work, but I got better the more I did it.
This is my final print.
This is my final print.