Introduction to Woodcut Printing Woodcut printing is one of the world’s earliest and most widely used printmaking techniques. Learn the technique mastered by artists such as Leonard Baskin, Helen Frankenthaler, Kathe Kollwitz, Franz Masereel and Jose Guadalupe Posada. Using easy to cut Shina plywood blocks and non-toxic, water-based inks, we will examine different approaches to line-work and mark making from graphic and angular to painterly and gestural.