Art: Creative Printmaking (Elective)

“For the Christian, God is the supreme artist … God looked at His creation as it progressed and saw that it was good; when He had completed it, He said it was ‘very good’… The Great Artist was evidently much pleased with His world.” Clyde S. Kilby

Overview

Printmaking introduces students to a range of printmaking materials, skills and techniques. They explore, develop and communicate ideas and are encouraged to make creative and personal responses to specific tasks. Through imaginative experimentation of the selected materials, students develop and refine skills in printmaking: linoblock and stencil. The role of the Artist in society is investigated as well as the use of art elements and principles in the creation of artworks.

Aims

Creating and making

To manipulate arts elements and principles to effectively realise student’s ideas
To demonstrate a level of technical competence in the use of skills, techniques and processes
To develop artworks which reflect personal art responses to specific tasks

Exploring and responding

To critically analyse and interpret artworks using appropriate arts language
To describe the stylistic, technical, expressive and aesthetic features of artworks created by a range of artists
To comment on the impact of the Artist in society

Topics Include

Linoblock printing Stenciling
Artists and their role in society

Time Allocation

5 periods per cycle for Semester 2

Prerequisites

None

Requirements

Booklist Items
Levy Cost

Assessment

All class work; research and developmental work, practical projects and finished artworks
Written work and assignments

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” Ecclesiastes 3:11