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Printmaking

Printmaking. Studio Art Mr. Uhl. What is printmaking?. It has the ability to make more than one of a specific image in a limited edition. The artist will use some sort of stencil or plate to print or layer a color or colors. What is a linocut or a woodcut?.

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Printmaking

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  1. Printmaking Studio Art Mr. Uhl

  2. What is printmaking? • It has the ability to make more than one of a specific image in a limited edition. • The artist will use some sort of stencil or plate to print or layer a color or colors.

  3. What is a linocut or a woodcut? • A woodcut or linocut was the earliest form of printmaking and involves a significant amount of drawing. • It first appeared in China in the 9th century, then in Europe around 1400. • Albrecht Durer became one of the most famous lino cut artists. His work is very religious oriented, why? • It is a relief form of printmaking, meaning ink is applied to the surface and only the raised areas will print. A simple example of relief printing is a rubber stamp pressed into a stamp pad and pressed onto a piece of paper.

  4. Albrecht Durer

  5. What is linocut good for? • Creating Artwork • Textiles and other decorative purposes • Playing cards and Bookmarks • Calendars • Book illustrations • Posters • Greeting Cards

  6. Who is famous for woodcut and lino prints? • Holbein the Younger • Albrecht Durer • Fred Hagen • Vincent Van Gogh • James Whistler • any Japanese printmaker

  7. Printmaking Tools • A linoleum block • A brayer • Ink • Paper • Linoleum cutters

  8. Linocut in 4 Easy Steps http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/print.html

  9. How to print One Color Reduction Prints • Three Easy Steps

  10. Step 1

  11. Step 2

  12. Step 3

  13. One Color Print Middle School Level and High School Level Compositions  Depth Definition Detailed Different Types Of Line

  14. One Color Print

  15. Student Work

  16. Remember- your piece will print in reverse!!

  17. Student Work

  18. Project Assignment • Create a linocut that re-tells a general fairy tale or Grimm’s Fairy Tale story. You may also work with Aesops fables. • Design an image appropriate for a print (it needs to be based upon the story). Stay away from cutesy cartoons. • You will make use of contour line, hatching, cross-hatching, and contour hatching to create depth and shadow. • Think about shape, line, and space (pos/neg) when designing your image. • You will be printing a series of 4 images, and handing in your 3 best prints.

  19. Think about: TEXTURE

  20. Think about: COMPOSITION

  21. Think About: LINE Line can create emphasis Real and Implied Line

  22. Think about: COLLAGE

  23. Think about: UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE

  24. Create something … INTERESTING…NOT WHAT IS EASIEST

  25. PUSH YOURSELF

  26. Think About: USE OF COLOR FOR EMPHASIS

  27. Think About: REPETITION & PATTERN, THEY CAN CREATE RHYTHM Repetition of Line Pattern

  28. Think About: TELLING A STORY

  29. THE RUBRIC: Evaluated On… • The quality of your mark-making (use of hatching) and the intensity of your print • Neatness and Craftsmanship • Creativity • Participation in Class Activities • Use of Elements and Principles of Art • you will explain how you used these in your work in your self-evaluation

  30. What are your first steps? • Obtain a printing block. • Research imagery, stories, and themes. • Print examples to use in your work. • Draw out your entire composition on paper in pencil or ballpoint pen. Then trace onto your lino-block • Remember to make use of hatching drawing techniques.

  31. What are your first steps? • Remember to make use of hatching drawing techniques.

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