Beginner’s Guide to Linocut

10 print projects with top techniques to get you started

Master the basics and beyond of linocutting with expert tutor and artist, Susan Yeates.

Linocut and screenprinting have undergone a resurgence in recent years. This book teaches the basic techniques for learning to make your own prints under the guidance and tutelage of expert teacher and artist Susan Yeates.

Susan, who also runs the popular 30 Day Sketchbook Challenge, and authored the title Sketchbook Challenge (9781800920453), explains the rudiments of linocutting, and guides you through ten practical and attainable projects including greeting cards, artworks to frame, labels for jam jars, seed packets and bags or tea towels to print and give as personalised presents.

There are handy tips and suggestions throughout the book and each project begins with a list of tools and materials needed.

About the author

Susan Yeates is an artist, author and TEDx speaker. She has written and self-published four books, and her Search Press titles include Beginner’s Guide to Linocut, published in 2018, Sketchbook Challenge and Sketch-a-Day Card Deck.

Susan obtained a fine art, printmaking degree from Loughborough University and has been teaching art courses and workshops both in person and online since 2003. She also co-runs a pottery café in Woking, Surrey.

Susan runs an annual 30-day sketching challenge every January through her website susanyeates.co.uk and on Instagram (@susanyeatesartist) and Facebook, encouraging people to develop a daily sketching habit.

Susan lives and works in Woking in Surrey, UK, and continues to teach printmaking and sketching through online courses. Susan is passionate about inspiring others to get creative.

Book details

• Author: Susan Yeates
• Publisher: Search Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Size: 204x260 mm
• ISBN: 9781782215844
• Publication date: 1 November 2018