Carrye
Campbell
SLM 521
Spring 2005
Dropin 2
Printmaking
A print is a work of art
created by the indirect transfer of ink to paper. Various printing methods have evolved throughout history.
The four best-known techniques are woodcut, etching, lithography, and
screenprint. Each technique
produces a very different result.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html
For this activity:
- Click
on the link above to access the Web site - What is a Print?
- Select
one of the 4 types of printmaking and read the summary. Next, watch/do the
interactive demonstration for that technique.
- Briefly
describe the steps required to make a print in the technique you observed.
- When
was this technique first developed?
- Click
below on one of the thumbnail images from the Gallery for your selected
technique.
- Write
the name of the artist and the print. What elements of art and/or principles of design do you see in
this print?
Record all responses in your art
notebook.
The above
image by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec is from
http://www.sdmart.org/lautrec/index.html