how hand-printed cards and bookmarks are made:

• A design is drawn by the artist using a pen or a pencil.

• The design is then transferred to a linoleum block or an acrylic panel.

• The design is cut into the linoleum using an exacto knife and other such tools, or it is scratched into the acrylic panel with a sharp tool.

• Watercolor, oil or other paints are applied to the linoleum block or the acrylic panel, and usually smoothed over with a roller.

• If a linoleum block is used, it is pressed onto the paper. If an acrylic panel is used, the paper and acrylic panel are run through a manual drill press.

• Further touchups might be added, such as additional washes of watercolor or pencils.

• Interactive demonstration on how to make a woodcut, etching, lithograph and screenprint with examples (from the Museum of Modern Art in NY):
  www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html
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