01 Anais Marmonier

Animal:

Step 1: sketch of lino

Step 2: Drawing out of lino on rubber + carving out of design

Step 3: printing of lino with black ink

Step 4: Do another try of the lino printing

Self portrait:

Step 1

Trace over photo, add shadows, create black and white

Step 2

Turn paper around and trace over (inverted tracing)

Step 3

Create colour scheme to know the order of the cutting the lino. This creates less confusion and less room for mistakes.

Step 4

With the help of carbon paper, transfer the design onto the lino and shade in the parts. Do this with a permenant marker.

Step 5

Cut out the white parts (based on the colour scheme). The desired outcome of this step was to get a purple print, which would later on be the colour of my face. However, I only did 2 prints and later found out that the prints were not clear enough, which would affect the quality of my artpiece. By that time, it was too late to print the purple again as I had continued on to the next step. Therefore, my face will be white.

I think to avoid this problem in the future, I should make several prints (perhaps at least 3 GOOD ones). To know if they're good or not, I can check with the teacher first to be sure.

Step 6

Cut out the purple part (based on the colour scheme) and print green. This is the colour of my background. I think that this print came out well, and I really like the shade of green that my friend and I mixed together. The white spots were quite clean, and the background colour was quite solid. This print took at least 5 tries, and I had multiple good prints, but this was the best one. (I learnt from my previous mistake :))

Step 7

This is the last step that requires carving. Carve all the parts except for those that were shaded with the permanent marker.

Step 8

Print the last colour, black! This was my try-out. The colour of the hair was not very solid, so I made sure to add more paint to ensure it won't happen on my actual art piece. I like the eyes came out very clear.

Step 9

This was my first try with the 2 layers of colours. I had mixed feelings about this print. It looks quite nice, it's like a different art style. Kind of like pop art. On the other hand, I wanted the black and green to overlap perfectly. I also wasn't very sure how this happened as I was careful when aligning the paper to print it.

Step 10

This is my second try with the 2 layers of colours. I think this came out the best. I am very happy with this print. The overlapping of colours was a huge improvement compared to the previous print, the colours are very solid. A thing that can be improved, however, is the background. There are some traces of black on the green. Over the face as well, there is some black. However, when I look at it from a far, the black (in the background) also gives it a bit of an artistic feeling to it, and I quite like it.

From this art project, I learnt that it's better to be safe than sorry. Due to my impatience to continue on with the project, I had one less colour in my art peice, which is quite a shame. Next time, I should have more backups!

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