It’s there! It’s done! Hurray!

And now… I am so precious about it that I don’t dare using it.

I have also been doing some lino-printing. I wanted to prepare a present for a friend, so I took out my tools and started inking an old linocut I made of a fox.

I used oil painting for this one and printed on rough watercolor paper… not a smart way to approach it but I have a reason for it:

I tried to replicate a print I had made 2 years ago that turned out too rough and washed out; it was a bad experiment for me but it became surprisingly loved by my friend. Reproducing that print for her was really hard, with the thick oil paint not sticking to the paper.

I’m not going to use this combination again but my friend is happy and that’s what matters. 🙂

Finding lino-print proper ink is tricky: a couple of days ago I found some in a local hobby shop and decided to try it out:

As you can see the result with this ink (on the same paper) is very different and highly satisfying.

There is a sad part tho: once the prints are dry the ink comes off at the first smush of water. -_-

It isn’t waterproof as it should be. I’m disappointed and once again I am in the hunt for the perfect affordable ink for lino-printing, a real one. I like how the prints came out so I’ll keep them, safe from splashes and sweaty fingers.

Sabi