October 6, 2008
•Turn in “Value Drawing” (1/2 letter grade off each day it’s late)
•Go over quiz
•Intro to next project
•Vocabulary
•Get your notebooks or paper!
Printmaking:the process of preparing a ‘plate’ and
transferring the image on another surface
Print:the transferred image from a ‘plate’
Plate: a flat surface that is built up or carved into to create a design
Linoleum Cut:An image is carved into a linoleum
plate
Etching:a needle is used to draw into a metal plate
to create details
Texture (element): The way an object’s surface feels to the touch
Implied texture:an illusion or idea of how something
feels to the touch
Stippling: Surface texture created with dots
Crosshatch: Surface texture created with many intersecting
lines
Collagraph:a print made from textured materials
Actual texture:use of real materials in art that have a
texture of their own
Bas Relief (low relief): Sculpture that is raised a little from the
background of a flat surface
Assemblage: A work of art made of objects that were really made to be used in another way
Brayer:a tool used to roll ink onto a plate
Press:the machine that rolls an inked plate through
and squeezes the image onto a piece of paper
Series:several prints made of the same plate
Here are examples of finished “collagraph” prints…
You will…
• Use the image of a SKULL to create a small ‘collagraph’
• Use several different materials in various ways
• Roll ink on your ‘plate’
• Make 2-3 prints (‘series’)
Why are we doing this?
• Great way to explore implied and actual textures
• Halloween
• Day of the Dead
Balance (principle): A feeling of stability in a composition
or art work.
Symmetrical Balance: Has elements that appear on both sides of a
composition or object.
Asymmetrical Balance: Has 2 sides that are different but still
appear visually balanced.
Radial Balance:Symmetrical when cut down the center in
any direction.