I really enjoy creating lino prints and have made many during my time as a student. I find the process fascinating and love the rough texture you get from the final print and the fact that each print will be slightly different.
One of my favourite lino prints that I've done are these flowers which I created for my A-level Fine Art course. They are wildflowers and took me a while to carve. I think the final result came out well as the colours look particularly vibrant. I also really enjoy the small marks left behind in the gaps where the ink hit my cut surfaces as this adds extra interest to the piece.
I have also created lino prints for my Graphic Design A-Level course on which I am focusing on a tinned fish theme. I prefer how these images look which made me realise I prefer thin line as opposed to large surface lino print.
During my GCSE Art I also experimented with creating layered lino prints. This process is quite complex and takes a lot of planning. I began by sketching out my design and then carved away the areas I wanted to leave white. Then I printed my first colour - the sand. Next I had to carve away the sand area so that I would no longer print over top of it. The dark sea colour was the next to be printed and therefore needed to be lined up to cover the correct area. I repeated the process again, carving my lino to leave behind only the small waves in the sea, and then added white ink to create the waves.