Printmaking Techniques- Review theory
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Printmaking involves creating artworks using ink on paper where multiple impressions can be made. There are different printmaking processes like relief, intaglio, planographic and stencil. Relief prints use a raised surface like woodcuts. Intaglio techniques use a surface below the plate. Prints can be classified by the type of surface and process used. Line is a basic element of art that can be used to control the eye, indicate edges, form, movement, value and light source. The document then provides instructions for making insect prints using styrofoam printing plates.
Printmaking Techniques- Review theory
- 1. Printmaking
- 2. Review link What is a print? A print is a work of art made up of ink on paper and existing in multiple examples. Check in your computer the following link, so you can learn more about printmaking from the moma museum. http://www.moma.org/interactives/projects/2001/whatisaprint/print.html
- 3. Original Vs. Unique An original print is an image on paper or similar material made by one or more of the processes like woodcut, etching, lithography or screenprint. Each medium has a special, identifiable quality, but because more than one impression of each image is possible, "original" does not mean "unique." Prints are multiple originals. The development of printmaking was connected to the development of movable type and the printing press in the fifteenth century, although woodblock printing had been done on textiles since ancient times.
- 4. Printmaking process Prints can be classified according to the type of surface used to make them. Those with raised printing surfaces are known as relief prints; woodcuts are the most common type of relief print. When the printing surface is below the surface of the plate, the print technique is classified as intaglio. There are several important intaglio techniques. Planographic and stencil methods are also used, and print from a surface that is at the same level as the non-printing surface.
- 5. Line Line is considered the most basic element of art. Line is considered to be a moving dot. It has an endless number of uses in the creation of art. Line can control an viewer's eye. It can describe edges. It can indicate form as well as movement. It can also indicate value and a light source in drawing. When line is used for value or shading, we most typically see it used in the form of hatching or cross hatching. Although these are arguably the most common forms of using line for adding value, there is an endless number of ways that it can be used. Elements of Art
- 6. 1. Start by selecting the insect you want to print. 2. Draw the shape of the body on a piece of paper. 3. Add more details like: - legs -wings -antennae -mouth parts Simple insect line sketch
- 7. Process 1. Cut the edges off of your styrofoam trays, so you have a flat rectangular sheet of foam. --- the “plate” 2. Using a dull pencil, copy your bug design on your plate. (Remember the areas where you push down with your pencil are the parts that won't have ink on them). 3. Using the second tray, squeeze some ink on the tray, and roll your roller. Bug printmaking.
- 8. Process 4. Apply a think layer of ink all over the design side of your plate. 5. Print a test print on some scrap paper - place the plate paint side down onto the paper - don't move it. Roll the back of your plate with the second clean brayer. 6. To do your final print, lay down some newspaper and simply tile your plate on a sheet of paper by putting the prints right next to each other Bug printmaking.
Editor's Notes
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- #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Bi5dGKq-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TXuppRlSWw
- #7: http://www.artwithmre.com/2010/05/line-design-w-shading-steps.html