Making your Printing Plate

Objective: You will make a printing plate in order to print a letter tomorrow.

DRILL:1. Take out your plan and your artwork.2. You need a pair of scissors, a pencil, a T Rectangle

template, a piece of cardboard.3. WAIT FOR DIRECTIONS- Draw on artwork until Miss

Gauger starts Demonstration.

Directions for making Printing Plate1. Trace T Template onto styrofoam.2. Cut it out.3. Trace styrofoam on cardboard.4. Cut it out.5. Glue them together.6. Put name on back.7. Place under sketchbook for class period to flatten.WORK ON YOUR PLAN/ LARGE ARTWORK.GET ON BIG PAPER.

Today’s Goal:1. Transfer your plan to large

paper.2. Draw rectangles for letters.3. Lightly label - LINE, SHAPE,

COLOR, VALUE, SCRATCH ART, and PRINT.

4. Create your scratch board in that section.

5. Draw detailed letters in all boxes except your scratch art and print box.

6. Create your line, shape, color, and value artworks.

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Value

Color

PrintPrint

Line

Print Print

Scratch art background

Printmaking - How to PrintObjective: You will follow along with demonstration in order to learn how to make a print.

DRILL:1.Title next space:

“How to Print”2.Trace “T” Template.

3.Write: A print is…

4.Which letter are you going to print?

5.Draw it in the box.

How to Transfer ImageObjective: You will follow along with demonstration in order to learn how to make a print.

1.Take a piece of white transfer paper from corner of table.

2.Trace your letter.3.Flip it over, put it on the styrofoam.4.Use ball point pen to trace design.5.A line impression will show up on the

styrofoam.6.Take off transfer paper.7.Re-draw into the styrofoam with ball-

point pen.

Directions for Printing1. Finish the groove on your styrofoam.2. Mix a color to print. Preferrably light, so that you

can create a visible Art Element on top of it.3. Paint one coat of paint onto styrofoam.4. Use old ball point pen to carve paint out of groove.

VERY IMPORTANT.5. Flip over plate and press on artwork in space

created for your print.WORK ON YOUR PLAN/ LARGE ARTWORK.GET ON BIG PAPER.

TODAY’S GOAL:

1. Print a practice in to your sketchbook.2. Transfer your plan to large paper.3. Draw rectangles for letters.4. Lightly label - LINE, SHAPE, COLOR,

VALUE, SCRATCH ART, and PRINT.5. Create your scratch board in that

section.6. Draw detailed letters in all boxes

except your scratch art and print box.7. Create your line, shape, color, and

value artworks.

Directions for Printing1. Finish the groove on your styrofoam.2. Mix a color to print. Preferrably light, so that you

can create a visible Art Element on top of it.3. Paint one coat of paint onto styrofoam.4. Use old ball point pen to carve paint out of groove.

VERY IMPORTANT.5. Flip over plate and press on artwork in space

created for your print.

Objective: You will review how to print in order to print in your sketchbook and on your final artwork.

DRILL: 1. What is a print?

2. Copy these directions into your sketchbook:

A print is…A 2 dimensional artwork.

A print is…A repeated image.

A print is…Like a stamp.

TODAY’S GOAL:

1. Print 2 practice prints in to your sketchbook.

2. Transfer your plan to large paper.3. Draw rectangles for letters.4. Lightly label - LINE, SHAPE, COLOR,

VALUE, SCRATCH ART, and PRINT.5. Create your scratch board.6. Draw detailed letters in all boxes

except your scratch art and print box.7. Create your line, shape, color, and

value artworks.

How to Transfer ImageObjective: You will follow along with demonstration in order to learn how to make a print.

1.Take a piece of white transfer paper from corner of table.

2.Trace your letter.3.Flip it over, put it on the styrofoam.4.Use ball point pen to trace design.5.A line impression will show up on the

styrofoam.6.Take off transfer paper.7.Re-draw into the styrofoam with ball-

point pen.

Directions for Printing1. Finish the groove on your styrofoam.2. Mix a color to print. Preferrably light, so that you

can create a visible Art Element on top of it.3. Paint one coat of paint onto styrofoam.4. Use old ball point pen to carve paint out of groove.

VERY IMPORTANT.5. Flip over plate and press on artwork in space

created for your print.WORK ON YOUR PLAN/ LARGE ARTWORK.GET ON BIG PAPER.

TODAY’S GOAL:

1. Print 2 practice prints in to your sketchbook.

2. Transfer your plan to large paper.3. Draw rectangles for letters.4. Lightly label - LINE, SHAPE, COLOR,

VALUE, SCRATCH ART, and PRINT.5. Create your scratch board.6. Draw detailed letters in all boxes

except your scratch art and print box.7. Create your line, shape, color, and

value artworks.