The Art of Printmaking

Printmaking is the occupation of printing art using a block or plate with the art engraved in it. Printmaking is important, because it gives you the ability to print the art engraved in the block or plate as many times as you would like. The invention of printmaking has many useful purposes. Printing gives a unique look to art, because of the ability to have different thickness of lines. I notice the artwork above is a fish which shows that you have the freedom to print whatever you would like.