Linoleum

Artist Statement

These are four linoleum prints of a little boy under the rain. For this piece, I was inspired by this little boy that I saw on the way back home when it's still raining, he was stepping in the puddles with an umbrella. I thought that this is a thing that every person wants to do in their childhood, including myself. This was something from my childhood that I think is very important because it shows how naive and cute children are. It was also enjoyable to see how cute this piece came out as.

For these pieces, I had to sketch out the design onto paper first and then used a technique to transfer the design onto a linoleum block. I used a sharpie to draw out the lines. I also used different sizes of carving tools to carve out the design. Once I have the design carved out, I rolled paint onto the block; in order to print. For the first print, I did it with blue paint and kept it normal. For my second print, I used both yellow and red paint to do a mixed color print. Next, I printed the mixed color print onto one of my folder instead of a traditional white paper. Last, I added some coloring and design on a normal blue print.

I started with this project by sketching out the boy under the umbrella. I wanted to make it look cute, therefore I didn't make the lines fully connect. When I finished the design, I realized that it looked a little sad. Next, I transferred the design onto the linoleum block by covering all the space on the back of the design with a pencil. I put the paper onto the linoleum block and went over the lines of the design, then the lines would get transferred onto the block. To make the lines more clear to see, I went over the lines with a sharpie. Next, I used wide carving tools to carve out the background and a tool that's more narrow to carve the details cleanly. I used a roller to roll the paints onto the block and printed the design on paper.