Line and Form –
Creating a design for a lino print
The aim of the lesson
To design an idea for a lino print.
The objective of the lesson
At the end of the lesson you will have
designed your idea on the work sheet and
chosen your colours in preparation to begin
your lino print in the mock exam.
Name:
Class:
Final Design
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Sketch your final design for your lino in the below box (18cm x 15cm).
Firstly outline your design in pencil. Remember that the design will overlap.
Create a simple but interesting design but don’t include too much detail.
Chose 2 colours for you design, remember white is the first colour and black is
the fourth colour.
What
colours??
White
Black
Note the strengths of your work and one target for improvement?
Sketch your final design for your lino
print. The size of the piece of lino is 25
cm x 15cm and therefore you need to
create a composition that is suitable
for the piece of lino.
A Successful Design
1. Interesting composition, e.g. a variety of basic shapes that
fill the space and create an effective balance.
2. To show awareness of the work of an artist, e.g. cubism.
3. A total of four colours.
4. Strength and variety in the lines.
Choose 1 colour for your design, and remember that white is the
first colour and black is the last colour in terms of the order of
printing. Think carefully about the colour scale, discuss with your
partner what colours would be suitable or what colours would work
unexpectedly!!!
Choosing your colours
Remember the colour scale –
light → dark
Cold
colours
Warm colours
Harmonic
colours
Opposite colours
Outline your design
using a pencil to begin
with.
Ensure that you fill the
page and consider the
pattern and shapes that
you create.
You can change the
scale of your design to
correspond with the
size of the piece of lino.
Add your first colour to
your design.
Remember that the colour
white is already part of
your design, so leave
spaces that will make use
of the colour white.
Ensure that you fill the
basic shapes that you
have chosen with your
first colour.
Consider the pattern and
the basic shapes that you
create.
Add the third colour to
your design, namely
black.
Ensure that you fill the
basic shapes in with
black.
You can also
strengthen the black
lines if you wish, in
order to achieve a
better contrast
between colours.
What is your opinion of the
design?
The composition?
The choice of colours?
The basic shapes?
Please give your personal
opinion.