Term 3 Art. Simple Block

You will hopefully have seen the DP1 artwork I've knocked out. To get there we need to learn a couple of skills and ideas. This first one involves just simply transferring our image onto a cardboard block (We'll extend on this in the next piece of work). Since we have an image on this block we may as well use it like a printmaking block. I've used ink, but you could simply do this with crayon-rubbing as well.

WALT: create a simple single-layered block

Drawn image and print block-with indentations just visible

First we drew a 15 x 15 cm square onto a piece of paper (this is because we got 15 of these out of a sheet of cardboard). Then  we drew over our image with the cardboard underneath so that we could see the indentations on the card. This is almost like a linocut/wood block so thats why we might as well use it to make a print.

Various prints. I had a few goes. 

I didn't go over my image again with pen, but I would recommend it. That's because in the photos you can see that the image isn't very clear in my blue ones towards the end. Going over it again as it would make your image deeper, therefore clearer.

Once the image is ready, we inked up the block and then used a CLEAN, DRY roller to go over the back of it. Sometimes I didn't ink up the image again, as there was enough ink. 

Note the words around the right way now

Print block inked up. Note the indentations