Carving Joy and Love – relief printing

relief printing block from an eraser

Today, I carved a couple more eraser blocks with the words JOY and LOVE. I did a pencil drawing and then placed it face down on the eraser and rubbed to transfer the image to the block for carving.

Test print the relief block with water based marker

I am getting faster and more confident the more blocks that I carve. I did a test print with a water based marker, and was pleased.

block printing on paper with eraser blocks

Then I rolled up some blue and red ink and printed a couple of cards and added some words to some gelatin prints to “finish” them off.

adding marks to gelatin prints

Sometimes the word works perfectly and then other times not so much.

Gelatin print with hand stamping by linda germain

I like to have the freedom to experiment and let it be ok to fail sometimes.

Monotype print with block printing by linda germain

This is day 14 of my #SEEdrawPrint challenge, to see draw and print each day in November.

hand printed cards by linda germain

Do you have favorite ways to finish your prints? I introduce a few of mine in the Printed Gifts workshop. It is available now as a self study. Check out the details on the printmaking workshop page and see if it is right for you.