The techniques that I use for my linocuts

After I have been working out my plans and sketches I make a drawing on transparent paper. Then I make a copy with carbon paper on a piece of linoleum. The technique I use is called ‘lost plate technique’.   I start with a piece of linoleum as big as the final print will be. Now it is time to print the first colour, for instance the colour of the sky. Then I cut away the linoleum I used for printing the first colour to keep that colour on my final print. After that I will print the second colour and again I cut away the linoleum. I repeat this process time after time until the final print has been ready and it looks the way like I have planned it.If for example a print has 23 colours, it has been printed and cut 23 times. The unfinished print on the right shows the result after four times printing.

Painting techniques

For my paintings I use acrylic paint on linen. I like the structure of linen a lot. A fresh white canvas is a huge attraction to me. It’s a new start and everything is possible. The visualization of the idea I created in my brain, and the question if I will succeed again. I use thin paint, often in three or four layers. This way I get more control on the intensity of the colour and the contrast of the painting. You could call it ‘glazing’.

 

On youtube you can see how the prints "Remise" en "Europa en de Stier" are made in a process of many prints.   www.youtube.com/ruudbecker

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

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