Today's Class- Tonight the class started a new graded project- a black and white illustration from a literary source, done in the medium of woodcut. I showed slides of the history of printmaking over the past 600 years (relief, etching, lithography, etc), including work from contemporary artists, and student examples of this project from previous years. I distributed wood blocks to all present, and did a demonstration of safe and effective block cutting. Students spent the rest of the evening working out their designs on paper, and in some cases on the wood itself.
How to make this up- I will have wood available next week for anyone who missed tonight. Meanwhile, work on your design for the 8" x 6" piece of wood. Specific of the assignment and additional student examples can be found here.
Homework- The completed wood block graded project is due at the beginning of class on October 27, 2011. At that time I will help everyone print their blocks. I recommend that everyone work on the blocks before next week, in case you want to show me your progress or ask advice or technical questions.
For next class 10/20/11- We will begin our study of color. Bring your 18" x 24" pad, pencil and eraser, all your acrylic paints, brushes, palette knife, palette, and some kind of water container. We will do some portfolio exercises related to basic color theory.
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