MONO print

Mono = one
print = copy

This is the definition google retrieved for me when I asked 'what is a monoprint?'

It is pretty similar in explaining what we have been doing in class with year 8. We use thin perspex rather than glass or metal.

 

 

These ones are the teacher exemplars of what we are working towards.

We are using an 'additive' mono-print technique. That means we add to the plate with colour and texture before printing.

A 'subtractive' mono-print method means we put colour on and subtract it with making marks and textures before printing it.

There are 3 key steps in making your plate:
1) Apply the base thinly and let it dry a bit before you put the colour on
2) Apply the colour just like you would paint on paper. Mix, make paint marks and blend.
3) Let it dry

Following making your plate, we are going to go through hand printing a mono-print.

German Expressionism

By now we all should have seen this. It is here fi you want to go through it again, or you have deleted/lost the email link I sent you...

The research pages are looking really good and we are working towards some printmaking with mono-prints and possibly drypoint etching :-)

German Expressionism Continued...

                              

Drawing for mark making understanding. Next step; working from selfies to make self portraits as woodcuts. Thank you, I have all but one selfie outstanding. Well done :-)

Research drawing and research for Manga

We have pretty much finished up with drawing for Manga, but a lot of you still have some research work to complete your lovely pages off with. Here are the notes from the whiteboard.  And below them are the photos I took of some of your work from last Friday. Looking pretty good 9hl :-)

White board research notes for you written component; handwritten onto your research pages please, not copied and pasted onto a doc. Please make sure you write down the websites you used as well, on your page.

Your work for the next week:

I am away for you guys until Thursday.

This is a group email to all the year 12’s in both my senior classes.

I feel like you are all working really well on your starts to your folio’s. There are no where near enough blog posts happening however.

By the end of Tuesday, i would like to see a new blog post from every student. I also want you to specifically comment on a blog post from 2 other students in your class. It does not matter if they are in year 12 or not.

How do you eat a whole elephant? Piece by piece - the same way you make your folio happen.

Your blog is worth credits too and it is a safe way to keep your work for when you lose your book. It happens.

I will keep an eye on who is posting and when and respond to each of you. I am expecting you to use your blog to seek feedback from me and your classmates too.

Work for the next week

Year 12 and 13:

I am away for you guys until Thursday.

This is a group email to all the year 12 and 13’s in both my senior classes.

I feel like you are all working really well on your starts to your folio’s. There are no where near enough blog posts happening however.

By the end of Tuesday, I would like to see a new blog post from every student. I also want you to specifically comment on a blog post from 2 other students in your class. It does not matter if they are in year 11/12/13.

How do you eat a whole elephant? Piece by piece - the same way you make your folio happen.

Your blog is worth credits too and it is a safe way to keep your work for when you lose your book. It happens.

I will keep an eye on who is posting and when and respond to each of you. I am expecting you to use your blog to seek feedback from me and your classmates too.

Manga and Pasifika - Narrative in Art Making

Welcome to week two of term two. 

We are going to be working towards a painting this term.

In doing this, we are going to study the tradition and skills involved in Manga (or Anime) and Pasifika pattern forms.

We are starting with research drawing which you have done in term one as well.

Do you remember what makes good research drawing?