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Japan and Printmaking

• Improved and developed methods of printmaking.

• Fully developed colored prints from the Chinese.

• 20 blocks• Prints created for

advertisement and entertainment.

• Impacted some famous French artists!

Japanese Prints

Albrecht Dürer

- German Artist- Majorly influential

in Europe during the Renaissance.

- Did paintings as well, but his multiple prints were spread far a wide.

- Hid his initials in all of his prints.

The Impact of Printmaking- Printmaking allows for

multiple copies of one image to be created (like a copier!)

- Books no longer have to be hand written.

- People who can not read can now gather knowledge from the art work.

- Everybody can see art now!

- Printmaking is known as “art for the masses.”

Where does linoleum come in?

• Recent method of printmaking.

• Cheap and easy!• Never taken

seriously until Pablo Picasso.

• 2,500 prints • He also developed

the technique of creating a multi-colored print using only one block.

Pablo Picasso

Draw Three Print Ideas

Idea #1- AnimalDraw an animal in its natural

environment!

Idea #2- Landscape Draw a landscape from anywhere in the

world!

Idea #3- Hobbies/Entertainment

Draw something you do for fun!

Journal Entry #7Make one good quality crayon rubbing

on a blank page of your sketchbook. Make the crayon rubbing after you are finished carving, but before you print

with ink.

A Few Reminders

• Do not forget to tape your original sketch back into your art journal.

• Final day to ink is Thursday and project is due on Friday (must start carving today!).

• Do not forget about Journal Entry #7: the crayon rubbing.

• Finish carving, then do your crayon rubbing, and then start inking.

Signing and Numbering Prints

• Always sign and number in pencil. • Title on the left in “quotes”• Edition number in middle—should look

like a fraction. Example: 1/8 5/5 3/4• Label if Artist Proof or Ghost Print• Signature goes on right

“Singing Calavera” 4/5 Megan Herman