Visual Arts Grade 8 Module Two Lesson Three Overview

Exploring Balance in Printmaking with Nature

Printmaking machine with carved flowered plate, and a flowered print made from the plate Today, we're going to learn about Printmaking! We will begin with the history of how it developed, and then look at different types of printmaking. You will experience how to use your understanding of balance to create your very own monoprint using just leaves and paint!

Objectives and Checklist

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

Construct a balanced work of art using printmaking with found objects or cut paper out of various shapes and with a specific color harmony.
Design an original work or art in a media of choice showing color harmony and balance.

Lesson Checklist
Lesson Element	Objectives
Introduction to Printmaking Notes	Construct a balanced work of art using printmaking with found objects out of various shapes and with specific color harmony. Design an original work or art in a media of choice showing color harmony and radial balance.
Lesson Check Your Knowledge	Construct a balanced work of art using printmaking with found objects out of various shapes and with specific color harmony. Design an original work or art in a media of choice showing color harmony and radial balance.
Exploring Balance in Printmaking with Nature Activity	Construct a balanced work of art using printmaking with found objects out of various shapes and with specific color harmony. Design an original work or art in a media of choice showing color harmony and radial balance.

Key Terms

printmaking: A way of making art by creating a picture on one surface and then pressing it onto paper or another material. It’s like making a stamp, but you can use lots of different tools, processes, and materials to create prints.
monoprint: Monoprints are one-of-a-kind, and you can’t make the exact same print. You create the design on a surface, then transfer it onto paper.
relief printmaking: This involves carving into a surface, leaving the uncarved areas raised. Ink is applied to the raised surface, and the image is transferred onto paper.
intaglio printmaking: The opposite of relief printmaking, intaglio prints are created by the ink left in the grooves etched into a plate. After the artist etches lines into the plate, ink is then applied and wiped away so that the ink only remains in the grooves.
screen printing: In this method, ink is forced through a stencil that is placed on a fine mesh screen onto another material. This is often used for posters or clothing.

Reference List

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Image Citations

Wikipedia Contributors. “Woodblock Printing.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Aug. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodblock_printing#/media/File:Bronze_printing_plate_for_an_advertisement.jpg. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

Wikipedia Contributors. (2024). File:Chodowiecki Basedow Tafel 21 c Z.jpg. Wikipedia; Wikimedia Foundation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chodowiecki_Basedow_Tafel_21_c_Z.jpg#/media/File:Chodowiecki_Basedow_Tafel_21_c.jpg

“Linoleum Block Print of a Zebra, Created by MiMo, Mike Mozart. Actual Childhood Artwork, Most Signed Wolf for Wolfgang Mikyáll Mozart Age Follows Signature. Artwork at Age 12!” Flickr, Linoleum Block Print of a Zebra, created by MiMo, Mike Moz… | Flickr, Oct. 2024, www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/52547052693. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

“Free Photo | Close up on Person Working on Engraving.” Freepik, 2022, www.freepik.com/free-photo/close-up-person-working-engraving_22894728.htm#query=printmaking&position=1&from_view=keyword&track=ais_hybrid&uuid=692ee5bf-edac-49de-a877-1e3ed0f13a72. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.

OSCAL 2017 silkscreen printed materials 26.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. (2017, May 5). Wikimedia.org. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OSCAL_2017_silkscreen_printed_materials_26.jpg

OSCAL 2017 silkscreen printed materials 31.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. (2017, May 5). Wikimedia.org. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OSCAL_2017_silkscreen_printed_materials_31.jpg

Monoprint with leaves.jpg - Wikimedia Commons. (2021). Wikimedia.org. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monoprint_with_leaves.jpg‌