1. Reduction Prints

2. Process - Planning
Plan a three color drawing (plus white). Something you like so much, you would like to have multiple copies!
Transfer the drawing as a contour to linoleum.
Paint in the three colors, directly onto the linoleum, with acrylic paint. Leave what will remain white paper as bare linoleum.

3. Process – creating prints
Cut away everything that will remain white.
Print the linoleum with the lightest color. Print all prints and extras.
Cut away everything that will be the lightest color.
Print on top of the previous prints with the middle color.
Cut away everything that will be the medium color.
Print on top of the previous prints with the darkest color.

4. Process in Visuals
Example of printing lightest color first

5. Process in Visuals

6. Registration
In order for colors to print directly on top of one another , we use a registration process
The linoleum is placed in the center cut out and the paper is lined up with white corner lines.

7. You will need to print more than enough prints to allow for registration problems.

8. Color number two – darker green

10. Then cut away all of the dark green

11. Print Color Three

12. Cut away everything but color four.

13. Print the forth, or last color on all prints.
Often the last color is black

14. Elizabeth Catlett

15. Natalia Moroz

16. Natalia Moroz