Printmaking

Feb 26/08

Today we did printmaking. It was actually pretty difficult, but enjoyable. Alex demonstrated how to do it, using 4 differenct techniques, then each group had to choose a theme and then create their prints.

Our group chose spring time for our theme. I created a spider print  with the eraser block thing, on the styrofoam I drew an easter egg, for the 3-d cardboard picture I created a camping scene.  You either have to cut around the drawing to get rid of the area you don’t want to show and so that your drawing will stand out. On the styrofoam you just have to draw because when you roll on the ink, it hits the spots that were not touched with the pencil and the lines you draw are white and the ink colours in the rest.

Procedure:

1) Choose ink colour(s) and spread on glass sheet. Roll out with roller to make ink less dense.

2) Choose medium to create your print-styrofoam, eraser bit, cardboard

3) Roll on the ink

4) Press print onto paper, or textured material.

Here are the prints that I made, plud the group sheet with all our springtime prints on it. I made a spider, an easter egg and a camping scene.

~ by rissaglendinning on February 27, 2008.