Exploring the Essence of Art: Why We Create and Printmaking Techniques

1. WHEN YOU ARRIVE… • Get out your sketchbook. • Move your seat to the front of the room.

2. In your sketchbook Please answer the following two questions: • Why do YOU make art? • Why do you believe people should create art?

3. Why Make Art?Richard Serra https://youtu.be/mWoiAf_qMA4

4. DISCUSS… Why do YOU make art? Why SHOULD people make art?

5. Why do we make art?

6. What is PRINTMAKING? https://youtu.be/vRSWYefbdSM

7. 4 Basic Printing Techniques

8. RELIEF PRINTMAKING INTRODUCTION https://youtu.be/Bjymxow3TVQ

9. RELIEF PRINTMAKING QUICK REVIEW https://youtu.be/lR8yK_aKb2Q

10. Relief Printing • Relief Printing: • Raised Surface • EXAMPLE: rubber stamp pressed into a stamp • pad and pressed onto a piece of paper • Relief printing plates are flat sheets of material: • wood, linoleum, metal, Styrofoam, etc. • Woodcut prints first appeared in the 8th • century in the East and in the early 15th • century in the West

11. Relief Printing RELIEF PRINTMAKING Woodcut - Historical uses: Textiles and other decorative purposes, playing cards, calendars and book illustrations.Woodcut - Artists worth studying:Holbein the Younger, Fred Hagen, Vincent Van Gogh, James Whistler, any Japanese printmaker

13. Traditional Woodblock Printmaking The traditional technique of creating a multi-color woodblock print consists of carving one woodblock for each color. This technique has been used for instance by Japanese artists and artisans since the 18th century when pioneers like Harunobu Suzuki (1724/25-1770) made woodblock prints popular in more than one color. Hokusai, The Great Wave Harunobu Suzuki

14. Gouges 2. Brayer 3. Ink 4. Linoleum Blocks 5. Barren

16. CAREERS RELATED TO PRINTMAKING: • Graphic Design • Textiles • Typography • Fashion • Photography • Marketing • Branding

17. Draw at least 3 thumbnail ideas for your design Remember… • BALANCE • REPETITION • EMPHASIS • CONTRAST • MOVEMENT • TEXTURE!

23. Solid Black areas can create drama CONSIDER YOUR LIGHT SOURCE.

24. ART: Can create emotion without words . See how this image tells a story.

30. Line Direction Matters!

31. LEADING LINES CAN DIRECT OUR EYES.

33. VALUES

34. WORDS must be carved backwards!

35. How many different textures do you see?

36. Put your own spin on a classic. BUT DON’T COPY! COPYING PINTEREST OR OTHER ARTISTS IS PLAGARISM! USING YOUR FAVORITE CARTOON CARACTER IS STEALING SOMEONE ELSES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. BE CREATIVE! I KNOW IT’S HARD, THAT’S WHY ART MAKES YOU SMARTER.

37. Unique perspective OR view point

38. Create a mood/feeling.

39. Draw at least 3 thumbnail ideas for your design Remember… • BALANCE • REPETITION • EMPHASIS • CONTRAST • MOVEMENT • TEXTURE!

40. PRACTICE MARKS ON PRACTICE LINO BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR FINAL.

41. STEP-BY-STEP LINOLIUM CUT INSTRUCTIONS https://www.riseandwander.com/video-tutorials