StretchLearn Course
The complete beginner path through linocut and woodblock relief printing
Course Overview
Relief printmaking is the oldest reproducible image-making process, and linocut and woodblock remain its most accessible forms. This course teaches the full workflow — sharpening and carving tools, transferring a design, mixing and rolling ink, registering multiple colours, and editioning to archival standards. You finish able to plan, carve, and print a coherent edition on your own.
Learning Outcomes
Select and maintain relief carving tools, blocks, inks, and papers for linocut and woodblock work
Transfer a design and carve clean, controlled lines using correct grip, angle, and direction
Mix oil- and water-based relief inks to the right tack and roll an even, full ink film
Register and print multi-colour images using pin, kento, and jig registration methods
Pull a consistent, archival edition and number, sign, and document it to professional convention
Diagnose and fix common faults — patchy ink, slurring, foul-biting, ghosting, and warping
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Understand what relief printmaking actually is, then assemble and prepare the small, affordable kit that lets you carve and print reliably from day one.
Turn an idea into a print-ready design that respects the relief inversion, transfer it accurately, and carve it with clean, intentional marks.
Roll a perfect ink film, register colours accurately, and pull strong prints by hand or press.
Pull a consistent edition to professional standards, fix the faults every printmaker meets, and present and care for finished work.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.