“The world is but a canvas to our imagination.” -Henry David Thoreau
Lesson: Mono Printing Studio Art
Essential Questions:
How can information be shared artistically?
How does visual imagery used in mass media correlate with art?
How does beauty influence the quality of life?
How and why is art used as a vehicle for communication?
Learning Objectives: Students will-
Paint on plexiglass and produce editions of prints
Understand and practice ghost printing
Play with textures, new constraints and water based ink
Terms:
Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a print. Each print produced is not considered a "copy" but rather is considered an "original". This is because typically each print varies to an extent due to variables intrinsic to the printmaking process, and also because the imagery of a print is typically not simply a reproduction of another work but rather is often a unique image designed from the start to be expressed in a particular printmaking technique. A print may be known as an impression. Printmaking (other than monotyping) is not chosen only for its ability to produce multiple impressions, but rather for the unique qualities that each of the printmaking processes lends itself to.
Monoprinting: a form of printmaking that has lines or images that can only be made once, unlike most printmaking, which allows for multiple originals. There are many techniques of monoprinting. Examples of standard printmaking techniques which can be used to make monoprints include lithography, woodcut, and etching. History/Background: A monoprint is a one-of-a-kind copy of a print on paper or fabric, usually involving a unique rendering of the printed image by the artist directly on the inked and/or painted matrix. Artists sometimes incorporate collage and/or masking techniques to produce negative areas on the print. Monoprints are also one-of-a-kind prints that have been reworked or manipulated by hand before, during, or after the printing process.
Composition: the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole. Ghost Print: These prints from the original plate are called "ghost prints." A print made by pressing a new print onto another surface, effectively making the print into a plate, is called a "cognate". Stencils, watercolor, solvents, brushes, and other tools are often used to embellish a monotype print. Negative Space: the space lacking design Constraints: the materials used to create art Brayer: the ink rolling device Edition: a series of prints from same artist
Set up 1 palette knife/color + random materials box
Use VERY LITTLE ink (or ink will smear onto press and paper)
Use water spray bottle to keep ink wet
CAS (Visual Arts)-Lesson Goals-State Standards
Standard 3: Invent and Discover to Create *Generate works of arts that employ unique ideas, feeling, and values using different media, technologies, styles and forms of expression. To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving, formulating, and imagining art; communicating , ascertaining, and learning about art; building, crafting, and generating art; assembling and manufacturing art; discovering, fashioning, and producing art; and CAUSING ART TO EXIST!
3.1: Demonstrate competency in traditional and new art media, and apply appropriate and available technology to express ideas.
Standard 4: Relate and Connect to Transfer *Recognize, articulate, and validate the value of the visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience. To respond to art involves relating to art; connecting to art; personally linking to art; associating with art; bonding to art; moving toward art sensibilities; shifting to art orientations; thinking about art; attaching meaning to art; replying to art; reacting to art; internalizing art; personalizing art; and relating art to culture and diversity.
4.1: The work of art scholars impacts how art is viewed today. 4.2: Communication through advanced visual methods is a necessary skill in everyday life.