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October 6, 2008
•Turn in “Value Drawing” (1/2 letter grade off each day it’s late)
•Go over quiz
•Intro to next project
•Vocabulary
•Get your notebooks or paper!
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Printmaking:the process of preparing a ‘plate’ and
transferring the image on another surface
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Print:the transferred image from a ‘plate’
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Plate: a flat surface that is built up or carved into to create a design
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Linoleum Cut:An image is carved into a linoleum
plate
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Etching:a needle is used to draw into a metal plate
to create details
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Texture (element): The way an object’s surface feels to the touch
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Implied texture:an illusion or idea of how something
feels to the touch
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Stippling: Surface texture created with dots
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Crosshatch: Surface texture created with many intersecting
lines
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Collagraph:a print made from textured materials
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Actual texture:use of real materials in art that have a
texture of their own
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Bas Relief (low relief): Sculpture that is raised a little from the
background of a flat surface
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Assemblage: A work of art made of objects that were really made to be used in another way
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Brayer:a tool used to roll ink onto a plate
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Press:the machine that rolls an inked plate through
and squeezes the image onto a piece of paper
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Series:several prints made of the same plate
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Here are examples of finished “collagraph” prints…
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You will…
• Use the image of a SKULL to create a small ‘collagraph’
• Use several different materials in various ways
• Roll ink on your ‘plate’
• Make 2-3 prints (‘series’)
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Why are we doing this?
• Great way to explore implied and actual textures
• Halloween
• Day of the Dead
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Balance (principle): A feeling of stability in a composition
or art work.
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Symmetrical Balance: Has elements that appear on both sides of a
composition or object.
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Asymmetrical Balance: Has 2 sides that are different but still
appear visually balanced.
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Radial Balance:Symmetrical when cut down the center in
any direction.