Ocean Printmaking

Materials

• Foam sheets (sticky-backed ones make mounting easy)
• Cardboard or wooden blocks for backing the stamps
• Pencils or the ends of paintbrushes for scratching designs
• Block printing ink in ocean colours (blue, white, metallics work beautifully)
• Palette knives or plastic spreaders for scooping ink
• Brayers or rollers
• Shallow trays or plates for rolling out ink
• Large sheets of paper, including pre-painted “ocean paper” or darker card for contrast