Woodcut is a printing technique where an artist uses a block of wood to carve out an image and take prints from there unlike using modern printing machinery. The parts to be printed are elevated by scraping away the non-printing parts in the wooden block. After the block is ready, necessary inking and tracing of images is done in a very careful manner. The wooden block is destroyed completely after making certain copies following the norms of printmaking. This traditional printing style is still followed to commemorate the techniques of our forefathers who used to make prints in this manner.

Etching is a printmaking process where strong acid or mordant is used to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface. The artist draws his design on the metal, with sharp needles. The acid itches away all the unprotected parts and finally leaves behind a design in the metal. Unlike the woodcut printing method, here the raised portions remain black and the crevices hold the ink. It is one of the widely used methods of printmaking these days.

Drypoint is a printmaking process which is much more similar to engraving. The designs are incised into a plate using pointed needles. However, the raised ridge along the furrow is not scraped or filed away in this method. Though traditionally the incisions were made in the copper plate, these days people also use acetate, zinc, Plexiglas, etc for making Drypoint prints.