Tips and Tutorials

Tinting Block Prints with Watercolor by Molly Hashimoto Get Acquainted with Your Colors After working as a watercolor artist for years, I tried out the Safety-Kut ...

Whether painting, sculpting, drawing, or printing, all methods or media can strengthen one another, and perhaps a respite from one will enrich another-and vice versa. Two bonuses of etching are that one ca ...

1. Start with an original drawing. If it's drawn in soft pencil, you can turn it face down on a Safety-Kut Soft Printmaking Block and transfer it by rubbing. If you'd like to keep the original drawing intact, pho ...

Make your holiday cards unique with a shimmery, 3-D star! Follow these step-by-step instructions for a fun Holiday printing project! ...

A Demonstration on Creating An Original Fish Print Using Sumi Inks by Ray Bliss Rich In gyotaku printmaking an actual fish is used as the relief printing block. Instead of carving a desi ...

A 3-color Registration Process Demonstrated by Patricia Sennott With our step-by-step instructions, you can easily create one-of-a-kind relief-printed holiday cards. Clear off the kitchen ...

Wood Block Prints by Kristina Hagman Storm-tossed boats cling to ephemeral life as the Great Wave looms over them; Mount Fuji stands as a serene witness in the distance. “The Great Wave o ...

Benny Alba demonstrates Linoleum Block Printing Linoleum is an easily cut, inexpensive material where simple tools and a sense of adventure can bring good relief prints. Relief printing m ...

1. Start with an 8' x 10' Polystyrene Plate. (We cut ours with a utility knife to 7' square) Sand the edges to prevent tearing the paper when printing them. Mask the edges with 1' masking tape to create a clean bord ...

Handmade cards: Step-by-step instructions on how to create one-of-a-kind relief-printed cards. With our step-by-step instructions, you can easily create one-of-a-kind relief-printed holid ...