Printmaking: Lino Lines

Reduction Block Printing

Block 1: Single Reductions- Animal & Environment

FOCUS: SKETCHBOOKS

What is line in art?

How can line help describe texture in art?

How can line help describe an environment in art? (Feelings, moods, attitudes)

Image: (1881–1973), Nature morte sous la Lampe (Still Life under the Lamp). Linocut, 1962.

Artists/Examples:

Historic: Pablo Picasso’s Linocuts

In the late 1950s, Pablo Picasso advanced linocuts in fine art by developing the reductive printmaking technique. Picasso’s first prints were bold and simple images. He liked the linocut technique as he thought it lent itself well to graphic posters, and he began experimenting with creating multiple color prints using a single block. His technique involved printing the lightest layer first, with each successive layer being carved away from the linoleum and printed over the last. This reductive technique meant it was impossible to reproduce the work afterwards so artists could create predetermined editions.

Contemporary: Rachel Newling’s Linocut Birds; http://rachelnewling.com

Now, use this information to inform your Sketches;

You’ll need to select two animals. (For example: bird & fish)

Make 3 sketches of each animal in their environment (total of 6 sketches)

Be mindful to create different types/environments (bird: chickadee in a tree; eagle flying; humming bird on feeder); Keep sketches simple—LINE ONLY