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Unit Summary

Pupils will develop essential print making skills, explore connections between media and materials. They will learn to control various printmaking tools and be aware of the sustainability of their materials. They will recycle tetrapak and card to make their print blocks.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to make a monoprint using both ink and oil pastel to create unique prints with different textures.

Key Notes

• A monoprint is a technique that produces one-of-a-kind images, allowing for creative experimentation.
• Monoprinting with ink is more likely to capture textures and marks than printing with oil pastel.
• Understand the monoprint process of ink, press and reveal.

Vocabulary To Learn

• monoprint: a one-off printmaking method where ink is rolled onto a surface, paper is placed on top, and a drawing transfers a mirrored impression on the reverse side of the paper
• reductive monoprint: a one-off printmaking method where ink is rolled on to a surface, then removed before paper is placed on top and a print taken

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• All types of monoprinting follow the exact same process.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Artists that print from objects Study Guide
• Designing printing plates; transferring the design Study Guide
• Selecting and rejecting ideas: using a gelli plate Study Guide
• The printing of the plates: reduction printing Study Guide
• Working into and refining prints Study Guide