woodcut Archives – John Jānis Šteins

Pen & Ink ~ Tavira, Portugal

By John SteinsApril 2, 2019August 17, 2020Categories: ArticlesTags: digitalink, india ink, ink drawing, Wood Engraving, woodcut, woodengravingLeave a comment

I’ve taken to making ‘woodcuts’ and ‘wood engravings’ with nothing more than an iPad and stylus using a simple drawing application (Tayasui Sketch). Essentially, I use an additive/subtractive approach to making marks for developing the drawing so that it looks like both a wood engraving and scratchboard. It takes me a long time to doRead more ⟶

Exploratory Sketch

By John SteinsJanuary 22, 2016January 23, 2016Categories: Discussion, Work in ProgressTags: ipad, lino-cut, sketchbook, stylus, tablet drawing, touch screen, woodcutLeave a comment

Seems lately I’m addicted to using my iPad tablet as a sketchbook, which is pretty handy. With this image I’m clearly playing with emulating the look of a relief print. Making parallel lines and cross hatching is very satisfying and I do like the messy look of it in this case. Although I spent more timeRead more ⟶

Was Albrecht Durer a Catholic or Lutheran?

By anonymousJanuary 8, 2011April 27, 2013Categories: Questions & AnswersTags: apostles, last supper, lutheranism, painting, religions, woodcut5 Comments

I know the painting “The Four Apostles” is his support for Lutheranism and his woodcut of “Last Supper” is a Catholic scene. I’m not religious, so if somebody could please straighten this out for me. It would help a lot!

Q&A ~ Is the Flammarion woodcut medieval?

By anonymousJanuary 6, 2011April 27, 2013Categories: Questions & AnswersTags: flammarion, illustration, woodcut1 Comment

I’m trying to find out more information about this wonderful image called Flammarion.

Durer’s Christ Descending into Limbo

By anonymousJanuary 5, 2011January 5, 2011Categories: Questions & AnswersTags: albrecht durer, limbo, religous art, woodcut2 Comments

What are the dimensions of Albrecht Durer’s woodcut “Christ Descending into Limbo”?

Paul Landacre on Wood Engraving

By John SteinsFebruary 26, 2010October 8, 2020Categories: Wood EngravingTags: boxwood, end grain, landacre, letterpress, litho ink, Wood Engraving, woodcut6 Comments

Paul Landacre is my wood engraving hero. Even more so now that I’ve come across this article he wrote on the subject in the early 1940’s for a book called The Relief Print Woodcut Wood Engraving & Linoleum Cut. For those interested in this subject I hope you will be inspired by his insights! WoodRead more ⟶

Laid to Rest

By John SteinsNovember 5, 2008February 14, 2010Categories: DiscussionTags: black and white, coffin, felix vallotton, obama, woodcutLeave a comment

I came across this wood engraving the other day, although it looks more like a woodcut. The artist is Felix Vallotton, a Swiss painter and printmaker from the last century. Given the wonderful results of the American election yesterday, this image is certainly an apt commentary on the outgoing administration. The title Le Mauvais PasRead more ⟶

Amy Winehouse

By John SteinsMarch 3, 2008September 25, 2017Categories: WoodblockTags: Woodblock, woodcutLeave a comment

Amy Winehouse, the intense, nuclear talent who pierced through the flotsam and jetsam of the entertainment industry to soar high and then implode. Another in the long narrative of those who briefly outshine everyone else only to sputter and die out at an unreasonable age. I made this drawing and subsequent woodcut on a sheetRead more ⟶