Linocut

Sam Marshall is a printmaker living in rural Northamptonshire with her mini dachshund Miss Marple. She trained at the Slade School of Fine Art for her BA and completed the postgraduate level 'Drawing Year' at the Royal Drawing School where she now teaches. She has a print studio in her garden where she makes all her work – linocuts, drawings and etchings. Sam runs online drawing and printmaking workshops that attract students from all over the world.

Sam Marshall’s new linocut book positively fizzes with the author’s energy and enthusiasm for her subject. Beautifully and extensively illustrated, largely with her own exuberant prints of her life in the English countryside, she carefully nurtures the reader on their own creative journey with a series of practical, well explained and easy to follow linocutting and drawing projects plus plenty of invaluable practical advice relevant both to the complete beginner and to the more experienced practitioner. Sam's focus is very much on empowering the reader to engage confidently with their chosen art medium and I have no doubt that her warm and inclusive approach will charm and enthuse all her readers. I highly recommend it.

• Introduction About this book 1. What is Linocut? - The History of Linocutting - How Linocutting is Used Today2. Tools and Materials - Linocut Tools - Lino - Ink - Ink Rollers - Papers - Hand Printing Tools - Small Presses - Inking Slab - Sketchbooks - Other Bits and Bobs3. Preparing your Workspace - Drawing and Cutting Area - Printing Area - Drying Area - Storage Area for Materials and Prints 4. From Image to Block - Drawing Directly Onto the Block - Tracing Your Drawing the Traditional Way - Tracing Directly from the Drawing - Using Carbon Paper to Transfer Your DrawingAn Interview with Cally Conway 5. Mark Marking - Holding Your Tools - Using Your Tools Safely - Mark-making Warm-up 6. Cleaning Up - Cleaning Up Oil-based- Water-soluble Inks 7. Carving Lino - One Image Four Ways An Interview with Harriet Popham 8. Registration - Super-simple Registration - Paper Template Registration - Registration Board - Ternes Burton Clips9. Simple Linocuts - Black-and-white Print - Adding Colour to Your Simple Linocut 10. Noise - Red Kites 11. Out in the Garden - A Nature Study - Tips on Drawing Outside or In Public 12. Editioning Prints - Edition Size - Pricing - How to Edition - Numbering and Signing- Limited-edition Prints 13. A Weekend Away - Holiday Memory Print An Interview with Izzy Williamson 14. Reduction Linocut - A Practical Object 15. Multi-block Prints - Key Block Method - Four-block Print An Interview with Meg Justice 16. Displaying Multiple Prints - Concertina Book 17. Experimental Printmaking - Combining Monoprint and Linocut - Repurposing Old Blocks - Linocut and Chine Collé - Jigsaw Linocut - Rainbow Roll An Interview with Tristan Sherwood 18. Making Linocut Cards - Single-block Card - Two-block Card 19. Bringing It All Together - A Large Linocut 20. Next Steps in Printmaking - Relief Techniques - Intaglio Printmaking - Other Printing Techniques Conclusion - Practical Tips When Things Aren’t Going ‘Right’ - Setting Up a Regular Practice - Advice for When You Are Lacking in Motivation - Call Yourself an Artist