Faux Foam Woodblock Printing

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  Step 1

  First come up with an idea you'd like to see repeated. I like doodling while watching Phelps kick some butt! At least that's my excuse for this badly done piece.

  Here is a good tutorial for getting an image you like down to just black and white: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/stencilling_tutorial

  You can do this with multiple colors, as well! Just more pieces of foam and more acrylic paint.

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  Step 2

  Gather your foam.

  I found this stuff with the sticky stuff already on the back. It wasn't that expensive ($4.75 for the brick) and was worth not having to deal with finding a foam adhesive with just enough tack.

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  Step 3

  Stick it to pieces of foam board the size your want your picture and trim down. I trimmed then stuck. You could also get a large sheet of foam board (about $5-$7) and then cut out the pieces that way.

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  Step 4

  I used black foam to help me remember that what's sticking up is going to have ink on it. I drew out the simplified design with a white pastel pencil and then cut it out with a VERY sharp exacto knife. Dull will not work. Use the knife to help peel off pieces of foam. Don't worry if some of the foam board comes off.

  Then I used a foam roller to spread my ink on evenly. You don't need a roller, but as a former printmaking student I needed it.

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  Step 5

  Test! See if you need to cut out more, or where the paint isn't going to stick as well. See where you need to press harder.

  Practice centering

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  Step 6

  Test, test, test!

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  Step 7

  Use some good paper, or have the final image ready for binding in a book! Use all forty sheets and tell a story without words! (An awesome book about story wood cuts can be found at your local Books a Million in the comic book section. I do not have it as it's about $35, but I'm so getting it!)

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Kin Dragon · Denton, Texas, US · 761 projects 10th October 2013

I did something like this in high school, but it was never this cool!

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Marigold B. 27th August 2010

Thank you so much.

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jessicabear · 4 projects 20th May 2009

that's so cool
i love the background
skillzzz x

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Katherine Munro · Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA · 12 projects 3rd March 2009

Wow, thanks for this! I'm going to do this on silk! Yay!

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DIS.AR.RAY · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 32 projects 19th August 2008

THATS SO COOL! I love it. Its a giant friggin stamp

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