The art of copying

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

■ First steps with easy printmaking

■ Develop your creativity

■ Try something different

I am a painter who likes exploring, and I want to show you simple and effective ways of adding creative printmaking to your work as painters and draughtspeople.

You may have had some experience of printmaking, such as lino cutting, at school. I will discuss simple lino printing later, but unless you have access to a printing press and tools, the complexity of cutting and printing can be a problem. I want this article to enable you, as a painter, to work with materials that are easily found, and to explore ways of using forms of simple printmaking alongside and