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Printmaking Unit, Lesson 1
Beginning of Year 9 Printmaking Unit -
Week One_Introduction to Reduction Print and Artist Models
- Show students previous examples of past students prints
- Introduce them to a reduction print
- show artist models (Stanley Palmer and Shane Cotton)
- Indroduce new key terms
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Year 9 Reduction Print Unit
5 Weeks of lessons (two weeks holiday) -
Week Two_Drawing
- Begin drawing from Sutton Landscape
- Discuss symblism in reference to Cotton and their own work
- Begin concepts for reduction print (A5)
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School Holidays
Easter School Holidays -
Week Three_Finalising Print
- finish A5 study
- transfer onto wood
- demo on wood cutting techniques
- cut first layer
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Week Four_Printing
- Print first colour
- cut into the wood more
- Print second layer
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Printing
Students will print three colours plus a black outline on their reduction print. -
Week Five_Finishing the Reduction Print
- Print second and third colour
- Print black outline
- exhibition of prints in classroom
