LITHOGRAPHY

Tips and tricks from printmakers around the world.

 
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LITHO OVERVIEW

From graining a stone to drawing, processing, and printing. Most steps also apply to plate litho.

By Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2008.

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PRESSURE + INK: LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS

Another in-depth process overview.

From the Museum of Modern Art, 2011.

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DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Specifically for plate, but also stone litho.

By printmaker Brandon Gunn.

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PREPPING A LITHO PLATE

Marking, cutting, trimming - before drawing

Preparing a ball-grain aluminum litho plate, by Brandon Gunn.

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PREPARING AND DRAWING ON STONE

Stone lithography

By Printmaking Workshop, 2014.

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PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY AT EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS

An overview of films and processes.

By Alastair Clark, 2013.

LITHOGRAPHY

Video tutorials from the IU Southeast studio

 

LITHO: THE FIRST ETCH

Shown with a stone, but also applicable to plate lithography

By Susanna Crum, 2019

STUDENT WORK

Lithograph with Photographic Transfers and Hand-Drawn Imagery
Lithograph with Photographic Transfers and Hand-Drawn Imagery
Photo Lithograph
Photo Lithograph
Stone lithograph with toner transfer and crayon drawing
Stone lithograph with toner transfer and crayon drawing
Photo Lithograph
Photo Lithograph
Lithograph with Toner Transfer and Crayon Drawing, with Relief Prints from Inked Irons
Lithograph with Toner Transfer and Crayon Drawing, with Relief Prints from Inked Irons
Stone Lithograph with Lo-Shu washes and crayon drawing
Stone Lithograph with Lo-Shu washes and crayon drawing
Plate Lithograph with Photographic Transfers
Plate Lithograph with Photographic Transfers
Stone lithograph with Sharpie Flats and crayon drawing
Stone lithograph with Sharpie Flats and crayon drawing
Plate litho, Spring 2017
Plate lithograph with crayon drawing