Colour lino block attempts

Attempts at the first layer of colour block lino.
I wanted to have a green background for the stem so used card but it really is too fibrous and comes away with the paint too easily so I used regular white paper.
This time I managed to get the roller to work - I rolled the paint until it had warmed up so that it was thin and even.
First two tries - the paint was a little too thin.
Next two tries - used more paint but still not enough and the paper kept sticking to the lino block.
Last two tries - more paint, rolled on several times to build up layers, printed and pulled as quickly as possible - much happier with these although still a way to go. I want to try other papers next to get around this adhering issue.

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.

Pink

Ok, been a little while but I have completed my first assignment and had it returned a few weeks back. I need to do a few things I'd missed for masking techniques which I'll hand in with my next assignment.
Creating the monoprints for my first assignment wasn't all that much fun - it seems too straight forward. The results were ok but not fantastic - I wasn't expecting to be doing something so basic - more like linocuts and screen printing.
Before I start my next assignment I need to do 'positive and negative masked monoprints' and 'two coloured masked monoprints'. I think I will enjoy doing the masking effect. The teacher has suggested using a slightly less textured paper this time which I will do with oil paints and I would also like to do the same on fabric with fabric paints. The colours I have in mind are my favourite at the moment (similar to below) shades of rose pink inspired by the traditional colours used in Japan from plant dyes.
For the fabric I may hand dye it one shade and mask/paint the second shade.
I am not sure what the shape will be yet but I've had in mind for a while to create some pieces with just a simple circle so it will be along those lines.