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Directions:
Directions:
- Prepare your workspace, clear a table or counter so that you have room to work.
- Gather your supplies.
*Have everything ready BEFORE you get the ink!
*Have everything ready BEFORE you get the ink!
- You will need your Chromebook to watch the how-to videos as you work.
Supplies Needed:
Supplies Needed:
- Sketchbook
- Specific materials from the Printmaking Center (consult the lists and diagrams displayed with the supplies)
What is Printmaking?
What is Printmaking?
The activity of making pictures or designs by printing them from specially prepared plates or blocks. One of the benefits of printmaking is the ability to make multiple copies of the same image!
The activity of making pictures or designs by printing them from specially prepared plates or blocks. One of the benefits of printmaking is the ability to make multiple copies of the same image!
Styrofoam
Styrofoam
Draw a design onto a Styrofoam printing plate using a ball point pen or dull pencil.
Draw a design onto a Styrofoam printing plate using a ball point pen or dull pencil.
Go back and forth over the Styrofoam to completely indent the line. This will result in a crisp print.
Go back and forth over the Styrofoam to completely indent the line. This will result in a crisp print.
Write your name on the back of the printing plate with a sharpie marker.
Write your name on the back of the printing plate with a sharpie marker.
Styrofoam Printing.mp4
Collagraph
Collagraph
Using cardboard scraps, yarn and corrugation, glue shapes to the surface of a piece of a cardboard printing plate.
Using cardboard scraps, yarn and corrugation, glue shapes to the surface of a piece of a cardboard printing plate.
Allow the glue to dry completely before printing.
Allow the glue to dry completely before printing.
Write your name on the back of the printing plate with a sharpie marker.
Write your name on the back of the printing plate with a sharpie marker.
Collagraph Printmaking.mp4
Mono Print
Mono Print
Using water based markers and a plexiglass printing plate, create a design or drawing.
Using water based markers and a plexiglass printing plate, create a design or drawing.
Pull one print by pressing your image onto a wet piece of paper. The water in the paper will absorb the markers and transfer your design.
Pull one print by pressing your image onto a wet piece of paper. The water in the paper will absorb the markers and transfer your design.
When your paper dries completely, other dry materials can be added to enhance the image.
When your paper dries completely, other dry materials can be added to enhance the image.
(Pastels, Sharpie Marker...)
(Pastels, Sharpie Marker...)
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