Uk/Australia
Print & Drawing Workshop
Explanation of print ideas.
• Blindfold freeform shape building with paper and charcoal. To warm ideas.
• Animal shape forms, drawn and cut to be templates for print design.
• Experiment with print technique:
- Monotype and Relief printing.
- Ink the surface of glass plate with water-based ink.
- Practice rolling, creating consistency of ink to produce different textures.
- Place cut-out shapes, marks from natural objects, brushes, rags to remove ink to
create a subtractive image. - Take a print. Use different papers for greater definition, subtlety and texture.
- Class 2:
• View Artist’s print work at NES.
• Development of animal mural. Identify abstract shapes.
• Revision of Monotype Relief print technique.
• Prepare animal template to print design with chosen cut-outs and mark-making
using found natural objects.
• Preparation of print surface.
• Print using two textures of paper.
