Aylsa Willliams, professional artist / printmaker, introduced us to lino-cutting in June.
She uses a sketchbook and takes photographs of likely subjects before developing the idea as a tonal acrylic painting or sketch. Many of her works explore the effects of light and shadow.
Langsone Harbour
Aylsa uses Schminke Aqua Linoldruck oil-based, washable printing inks which are opaque. However a medium can be added to increase the transparency. Driers added to inks enable the prints to dry within a week.
Acrylic artists' paints, on the other hand, are best used with Gelli plates which can be used to print small single prints.
In the Deep Dark Wood
Aylsa's tips:
A graduated wash is achieved by painting stripes of paint on a piece of perspex and dragging a large roller downwards over the paint.
Movement in a print is suggested by changing the direction of marks and lines.
Flicking white spirit into oil-based paint will produce a dappled effect
Aylsa runs printing workshops and exhibits her work both locally - for example at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens at Ampfield https://www.hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/hilliergardens/whatson - and on her website https://aylsawilliams.co.uk/
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