Multi block lino

For the multi-block lino prints, first I decided on an image I liked which happened to be a Japanese block print. I wanted to keep the image simple for my first try.

I sketched the flower myself by looking at the image as I wanted to size it up a bit from the original. I then traced around my hand drawn image so that I could reverse it and copy onto the lino.

I divided the image as the original was with background space and flower centre all in the same colour (block 1) and the flower petals in another colours (block 2). The third colour was created by using a coloured card to print onto - this was the negative space of the flower stem and outside of the petals.

I painted the ink on with a large paintbrush because of the previous failed attempts with the roller. The petals came out alright but I'm not happy with the rest of it. The trouble is keeping the ink out of the carved out space. I have a few ideas to try for the next lot.