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Analysis of a Watson Lino Print

Ernest Watson created this linoleum block print called "Mousehole in Cornwall."



As you look at the image, can you guess how many plates he used, and in what order they were printed?

Answers below (scroll down):

There are four plates. Fortunately, Mr. Watson isolated them for us.

1. He starts with a pale yellow shape under the entire silhouette of the buildings. The yellow was probably not quite as dark as it appears below.

2. A graded blue-green plate goes under the large areas of the sky and water. A few of the birds are cut out to the white of the paper, and he has also cut out some sparkles in the water.

3. A plate for the shadows of the buildings. These shadows overlay the initial pale yellow run. This plate is inked unevenly to give it texture and to make some of the birds darker.

4. Finally, a dark blue-green key plate provides the windows, ropes, wavelets, and details of the figure.

Watson was able to multiply the effect of each of plates 2 and 3 by inking them with more than a single color. He said: "It is quite possible to 'paint' rather freely with the rollers in this manner, producing an infinite variety of gradations of hues."

Quiet Anchorage, lino cut by Ernest Watson.

This sequential thinking is similar to the way watercolor and gouache painters typically plan a picture, painting large color areas first, and adding the details later.

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Resources

Online article by Ernest Watson: "Color Printing from Relief Blocks"

Books by Ernest Watson: 

The Relief Print - Woodcut, Wood Engraving and Linoleum Cut

Linoleum block printing;: Practical instruction for student and artist

The Art of Pencil Drawing

Forty Illustrators and How They Work

Image: courtesy ErnestWatson.com, which has more samples of his prints. Thanks, Thomas Watson for building the website.

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