Project Title: Lino printing using
patterns in the environment
Success Criteria
Complete design marking out areas of black, try to balance black against white
areas. Consider thickness of lines
Transfer design onto lino once checked.
Mark the white areas ready for cutting away.
Printing – test print first
Homework
Annotation to explain how you developed and printed your lino print design.
Type up. Use the following words ,if possible repeat, tessellation, pattern,
marks, texture, bench hook, rollers, ink, design, transfer, health and safety.
Due in 16th Jan
WALT develop printing skills
Success Criteria
• Complete design, check the repeat, transfer
onto lino
• Go over in pen and mark out white
• Cut away white safely
• Prepare background to work onto
• Finish any other work whilst backgrounds dry
• Print
WALT: develop resources to produce
a lino print using a repeating motif
Success Criteria
On tracing paper select two leaves from
your work and compose an interesting,
clear repeating motif.
Consider the textures and mark making
you might use
Van Gogh Drawings
WALT develop printing and
presentation skills.
Success Criteria
• Complete prints
• Mount up and annotate
• Identify one piece for
improvement and work on it
WALT Develop marks to show a range
of textures
Success Criteria
Consider the composition of your drawing – how
many leaves and whether they overlap.
Using inks consider the quality of the marks and
the variety of marks and how these will
translate into lino
Look at the work of Van Gogh to give
you a range of ideas for mark making
How to Mono print Information
How to Mono print - Different Techniques
Mono printing uses printing materials but only produces one image.
roll out a layer of thin ink onto a surface and then place paper over the top
draw onto the back of the paper
peel off the paper
Try different tools to create different thicknesses of line, or use your fingers to create shading techniques.
Monotypes are made by applying paint or ink to a non-porous surface and using pressure to transfer the resulting image to a piece of
absorbent paper. After the paper is carefully peeled up and set aside to dry, the surface can be wiped clean and the process
repeated. This direct transfer process allows artists to create prints without the use of silk-screens, engraved plates, woodblocks or
other printmaking devices. The limitation of this process is that it creates only single editions.
The "mono" part of monoprint or monotype should give you a clue that these are printing techniques that product one-off prints. The words
tend to be used interchangeably, but The Printmaking Bible distinguishes between the terms thus:
A monotype is "a singular print created through an acknowledged process that can be learnt and replicated to gain similar effects with
different images" and a monoprint is "a singular work that can be produced without the need to undergo a series of steps."1
A monotype is created using a printing plate without any lines/texture on it; a unique image is made in the ink each time. A monoprint is uses
a printing plate with permanent elements to it, for instance engraving lines. Although how you ink the plate produces different results,
these permanent elements will appear in every print.
The printing technique can basically be done in three ways, all of which involves either putting printing ink or paint on a non-porous surface
(such as a piece of glass) and then applying pressure to transfer it to a sheet of paper. The first monoprint technique (trace
monoprinting) is to roll out the ink or paint on the surface, gently place a sheet of paper on it, then press onto the sheet of paper to
selectively transfer the ink to the paper and create the image by where and how you've applied pressure.
The second monoprint technique is very similar, except you create a design in the ink before you place the paper, then use a brayer (or
spoon) on the back of the paper to transfer the ink. Use something absorbent such as a cotton swab (bud) to lift paint, or scratch into it
with something hard such as brush handle (sgraffito).
The third monoprint technique is to create the image as you place the ink or paint on the surface, then use a brayer, back of a spoon, or
printing press to transfer the image to the paper
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ANNOTATION for MONOPRINTING.
When annotating your monoprinting use the
following as guidelines:
Paragraph 1 Explain the process eg ‘ink is
rolled out very thinly using…’ Include any
health and safety issues too eg care with
organisation of inks, use of palette knife, use
of white spirit when cleaning up etc.
Paragraph 2 How you personally went about
creating your print eg ‘ I was able to produce
a strong image the second time round by
working from a clearer water image and
using….’
Paragraph 3 What works well in your
monoprint and how you would go about
making effective changes. Make this
paragraph as detailed and thoughtful as
possible.
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Homework Year 10
MARK HERALD, LYN BERWICK, MATTHEW
SELLWOOD, AMANDA COLVILLE
Research the lino printers listed above and produce
the following work:
Two printouts in colour of their work
One practical piece of work, from one of your
printouts, which could be in pencil, ink, paint,
collage, coloured pencils.
A detailed written description of one of the pieces
of the lino printers work, considering the use of
artistic terms such as:
tone pattern mark-making textures form design
image line print repeat abstract representational
realistic shape
Extension Work
Find another lino printing artist and produce one
piece of practical work from their work and list the
similarities and differences between your two
chosen artists.
Present all the work appropriately. DUE
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