Paul Klee inspired Journaling Bible

Swiss-German expressionist/cubist artist.

Cat and Bird

Castle and Sun

Red Balloon

Printmaking- 101

What is printmaking?

Printmaking is a process/technique that allows the artist to create multiple original copies from a carved plate or slab. Printmaking originated in China after paper was invented.

4 Types of Printmaking: relief, intaglio, plano graphic and stencil. Each of which have a few different processes. ** are types of printmaking we will be working on in class.

**Relief:

Relief  prints are made by creating mountain and valley's. The mountain area is the raised portion of the design that touches the paper for printing. Stamps are a form of relief printing.
Linocut: Linocut is a print made by carving the image in to a block of linoleum. The design is cut in to linoleum surface with the help of a speedball cutter, with raised parts that are to be printed. The linoleum sheet is inked and it is pressed on a paper.

Step by step tutorial

Intaglio: 

The design is carved/scratched into the surface of a plate for Intaglio printmaking. Metals such as copper,aluminum or stone. The process involves making an image by making grooves below the surface of the metal. Then the ink is pushed into the grooves of the image that have been made. It is then pushed into a press with a damp paper on it and while it is being pushed the ink gets onto the paper from the grooves.

Rembrandt, self portrait 1630- etching

**Plano graphic: 

Plano graphics, the printing is done on a flat surface, rather than from a raised surface.

Monotyping : Monotyping is done by drawing or painting an image on a smooth and non-absorbent surface.

Monoprint: A single print. These are often experiments by the artist and only one print of the kind was produced. It will be labeled the same way as a proof or one in a series, but instead of “A/P” or “2/25”, the artist will write “monoprint” below the lower left corner of the print. 

**Stencil:

Stencil/ Serigraphy is a thin material that does not allow moisture to pass through it. When ink is applied an image is formed within the area around/inside the stencil.
Screen-printing : Screen printing is a technique for printing a flat image through a fine mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The areas which you don’t want to be printed are masked out on the screen. The frame which consists of ink is placed over the item and pressed through the screen to create the print.

Printmaking Terminology

• Brayer: Hand held roller that is used to apply ink to plate.
• Block/Plate: The surface on which an image is created for transfering onto paper.
• Print:
• Gouge Tool: Speedball cutter, this is used to cut into linoleum.
• Edition: Set of prints that are identical, signed and numbered.  A “Limited Edition” has a set number of prints decided upon before printing.
• Registration marks: Marks on paper at all four corners of plate in order to line up print for accuracy.
• Artist Proof: The first print pulled from the plate or block. The printmaker uses this to check the cut of the plate of the block.

***Always use Pencil to sign, Number and Title your prints! *** 

Safety and set up:

• Table clothes must be on each table.
• Cutting tools must be used by cutting away from body. 
• All tools stay at school.
• Brayers should stay in ink/paint color they are first used in.
• Brayers go in green bin with soapy water at end of class.
• Ink/Paint goes on  plexiglass.
• Prints must be hung to dry or places on red drying rack.
• Set plate on table and paper on top, then use dowel rod and carefully and firmly roll over paper.

Criteria for Linoleum Prints:

• Aesop Fable character- Must create your own character
• 4x6- Linoleum cut in half
• 2 of your best one color prints
• 2 of your best two color prints

Panty Hose Sculpture- Picasso Cubist/ Abstract portraits

Sitting Woman, 1937

Woman in Hat and Fur Collar, 1937

Portrait of Ambroise Vollard, 1910

Old Guitarist, 1903

 Discussion: Picasso is known for creating art that was against the norm during the 1900's using a new abstract style called cubism. Do you think this style is/ or can be considered art? Why or why not?

Panty Hose Picasso Style Portrait Sculptures

What you need...

• Wire hanger
• Wooden block
• Panty hose
• Paint/glue mixture
• Paint brush
• Paper plate 
• Hot glue 
• Scissors

Insert each end of your wire hanger into your wooden base. You can begin manipulating the wire into the shape you desire, but remember you still have to pull panty hose over the wire. If you want additional wire clip some from spool and attach by wrapping around existing hanger. Hot glue around the wire at the base to keep wires stable.
 
Carefully pull panty hose around wire and adjust wire to create the shape you want.
 
The rough bases will cause panty hose to snag, so carefully stretch/pull the panty hose over the wooden block to hold panty hose in place. The extra underneath can be trimmed off. Put name on bottom of sculpture and on paper plate with sharpie. Sit sculpture on plate.

To stiffen panty hose and create a blank canvas for us to paint on we will need to do two coats of  paint/glue  mixture, the first we will complete today. Second tomorrow.

Student Examples:

Color Theory/ Color Schemes

Color is the last element of art we will be covering. Color is produced when light hits and object and is reflected back to the eyes. Color is absolutely fascinating. The study of light and color makes us appreciate the magnificence of our Creator God!

The Color Wheel was developed by Sir Isaac Newton by bending the color spectrum into a circle. You may have heard it referred to as ROY G BIV, a simple acronym for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

The color wheel is made up of 3 different types of color- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.
Primary colors: Red, Yellow and Blue- simplest of colors, all colors are made from these three colors. You can not make these colors with any other colors. They are the simplest of forms.

Secondary colors: Green, Orange, Violet- these are created by mixing equal parts of 2 primary colors.
Yellow+Blue=Green, Yellow+Red=Orange, Red+Blue=Violet


Tertiary colors: Tertiary colors are created by mixing equal parts of a secondary color and a primary color together.  There are six tertiary colors- red-purple, red-orange, blue-green, yellow-green, blue-purple, and yellow-orange. They should be noted with primary color first and secondary color second.

Monochromatic Color Scheme-any one color plus white (tint) and black (shade).

Tint-Color plus white

Shade- Color plus black

Complementary Color Scheme- Colors that are straight across from each other on the color wheel. Red/Green, Blue/Orange, Yellow/Purple

When you mix complementary colors you will make different types of browns.

Split Complementary: One color plus the two that sit on either side of its complement

 

Analogous: Three-four colors side by side on color wheel.

Jackson Pollock Journaling Bible

Jackson Pollock is an American painter that is/was well known for his outlandish technique. He is another Abstract Expressionism painter. Could you imagine if you became famous from dripping, slinging paint and getting messy? Did you know Pollock didn't even have a purpose behind how he slung the paint. You may here him called an action painter. Is this art? Why? Why Not?

Pollock Quotes:

 

The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through.

 

My painting does not come from the easel.

 

Van Gogh Journaling Bible

 

Starry Night 1889

 

Iris' 1889

1888

For this Journaling Bible Assignment please use Jeremiah 17:7- Our School's Verse! (page 841)

Create artwork inspired by Vincent Van Gogh.

Use paint or colored pencils.

7“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
⁸ They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
    and never fails to bear fruit.”

Cardboard texture paintings

Let's use up some of the cardboard we have accumulated!

2D Cardboard Texture Art/Painting
Take a piece of cardboard and peel away parts of the top layer to reveal the corrugated texture. Leave some areas smooth for painting. First, lightly sketch your drawing then paint.

For this assignment you may choose any bird- Examples: owl, peacock, flamingo, parrot, duck, swan, blue jay, cardinal, dodo, puffin, any you can think of. The more colorful the better!

credit

Matisse inspired journaling bible

James 1:17
Matisse is known for painting with paper. Use tissue paper or different colored papers or magazine clippings  to create your Matisse inspired design. Fill both margins but don't cover scripture!

Environmental Art, Mondrian Journaling Bible

What is Environmental Art?

Environmental Art is an art movement that emerged in the late 60's. You may have heard it called by a few other names- Earth Art, Eco Art, Earthworks or Land Art. Essentially the artist uses the landscape as part of their art. Some are small enough to fit in an art museum, but most are larger scale and become part of the environment. Environmental Art is made from natural materials found outdoors: dirt, leaves, stones/rocks/pebbles, sticks and seeds. Most of the art is ephemeral- it's made to disappear or transform.

Fall is a great season to use nature as your canvas. The leaves are beginning to change colors and it's starting to cool off.  Why not get outside? God has provided unlimited possibilities right outside your door.  

 Check out these environmental artists:

Land art

2014-2015 Student art 

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944)

Journaling Bible- Create a Mondrian inspired artwork in your journaling bible margins. Proverbs 16:3

Cardboard 3d Sculpture Wrap up and new Journaling Bible assignment

We are wrapping up our sculptures this week.
Make sure your sculpture includes:

• Texture
• 99% natural cardboard 
• Touches all sides of measuring box or is larger than box
• Good Craftmanship- More cardboard then hot glue
• Animal or Food

Comic Book (Pop Art) Journaling Bible Homework:

The Ben-Day Dots printing process, named after illustrator and printer Benjamin Day. Depending on the effect, color and optical illusion needed, small colored dots are closely-spaced, widely-spaced or overlapping. Magenta dots, for example, are widely-spaced to create pink. 1950s and 1960s pulp comic books used Ben-Day dots in the four process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) to inexpensively create shading and secondary colors such as green, purple, orange and flesh tones.

Ben-Day dots were considered the hallmark of American artist Roy Lichtenstein, who enlarged and exaggerated them in many of his paintings and sculptures, especially his interpretations of contemporary comic book and magazine images. Other illustrators and graphic designers have used enlarged Ben-Day dots in print media for a similar effect. (sited)

Sunrise, Lichtenstein, 1965

Sample of verse in bible

Fonts:

Comic Book Fonts

Week Six: Cardboad Sculpture

In Class Art Assignment: Cardboard Texture Art
Whenever you describe the surface quality of an object you are describing it's texture. Texture is the element of art that refers to the way something feels or looks like it feels.

Requirements:
Must be 3d .
Must be at least the size of my box.
Must use texture.
Must be all cardboard.
No Color.
Food or Animal.

Week Six: Continue painting, Tabs or Design Edges of bible

How to create tabs:
You can print from sites and cut tabs or use the tabs printed as templates and trace onto paper and create your own using cardstock or scrapbook paper.

TABS ONE
TABS TWO
TABS THREE
TABS FOUR
TABS FIVE
TABS SIX

How to design Journaling Bible edges
Tightly hold pages together or wrap tightly with tape on sides. I am not going to lie, creating images on sides of Bible isn't easy. It takes patience as the pages move while you draw. Sharpies will work fine for this technique, so will colored pencils and stamps.

Week Five: Value painting

PAINTING RULES:

• Paint will be squirted into small containers with lids. This way we don't waste a lot of paint and can use the following days. You may take these home.
• Paint brushes should be taken well care of...
• DO NOT "scrub" paint, paint in a back and forth motion to prolong use of paint brushes.
• When done painting you are responsible for cleaning your brushes.
• TO CLEAN YOUR BRUSH: Squirt a bit of soap in hand and gently swirl brush under water until brush is completely clean. Repeat if needed.
• We will be using clear plastic cups for cleaning brushes in class. Please save these cups. Rinse and return to cart.
• Paper plates will be used as our palettes. We will not save these. Throw away in garbage can by entrance, face down at end of class.
• Keep a paper towel close by for drying brush after rinsing paint.The less water added to paint the crisper your paint will look.

In class project:
Black and white value scale land/city scapes.
Must paint 6 or more distinct layers of value.
(In order) of Lightest to darkest or darkest to lightest.
Starting with lightest is the best technique for this project.

First masking tape your paper to a board. This will help with paper wrinkling.
Then draw your layers lightly with pencil.
You may paint with black and white only. NO COLOR. The less water you use on paper the better your paper will hold up.
Must wash brushes thoroughly!!!


Surreal drawing due tomorrow: Sept 10th.