focus study
Monoprinting and Drawing
with thanks to Virtual Art Room for the original concept
self protrait at the age of 13
Established Practice
Albrecht Durer
Durer was a German Renaissance Artist who mastered in printmaking and painting during the 1400's
Animal Drawing with a Printed Background
There are two parts to creating this task which is inspired by Durers life like drawings of animals.
You will need to create a monoprint background of textures and patterns, using your animal as a block out on the paper and
Render a drawing of your animal in the positive space created on your print.
GOALS - to demonstrate what you have learned in this unit
observation of line and line quality
value and shading
texture
PART 1 - create your monoprint
watch the video on the 3 different ways i have experimented to create the background [negative space]. I recommend the 3rd process for best results.
cut out your silhouette and attach it to your page with a little bit of tape on one edge. ensure tape doesnt go into the background space. [check its the right way as per your original photo]
select your textures/stencils and roll ink on them - use a mixture of black and dark blue
Press stencils/texture onto the background in various layers.
repeat again to have 2 different backgrounds.
PART 2 - Drawing
watch the video showing how to draw into your positive space
carefully measure placement of eyes/nose etc using your original photo as a reference. KEEP IT LIGHT UNTIL ITS RIGHT!
shade in light values and build up texture and dark values to give your animal depth and form. Your darkest values should match the monoprint blacks
remember to KEEP IT LIGHT TILL ITS RIGHT!
no dark lines until it looks correct - if you need to erase your drawing too dark!
Student work
