1. Printmaking The 6 major types

2. Types of Printmaking 1.) Relief 2.) Intaglio 3.) Lithography 4.) Serigraphy 5.) Giclee 6.) Collagraphs

3. 1.) Relief Relief is the oldest form of printmaking. The earliest relief printmaking on paper goes back to the woodcuts of China, dating back to the 8 th Century. Woodcuts appeared in Europe much later, in the 15 th Century.

4. 8 th Century Ancient Chinese Woodcuts

5. 15 th Century European Woodcuts

8. Basic Principle  The basic principle of relief printing is to create an image on paper from the raised surface of the matrix.

9. Draw and Cut  The artist draws onto a surface (the block or matrix) and then cuts away the areas that are not to form part of the image. These areas are the negative parts of the image, or the spaces around what we see generally consider to be the image. Thus the ink only reaches the areas the artist does not touch.

10. Transfer the drawing to a cutting surface

11. Cutting the Linoleum

12. The block is inked and a piece of paper laid over it.

13. Printing  The artist then either rubs the paper using their hand or a hard, smooth object or runs it through a printing press.

14. Pulling the Print  The image produced on the paper mirrors that on the block. Woodcuts and linocut are the most common examples of relief prints.

15. More Woodcuts

16. Multi Colored Woodcuts

18. You can get very detailed.

19. Try colored ink on colored paper.

20. Have your print tell a story.

21. Balance with black and white contrast.

22. You can create a sense of depth.

23. Give your subject an action.

24. Double expose your subject.

25. Telling a Story

26. Amazing Detail

27. Nice and Clean

28. Get Whimsical

29. Use Everyday Objects for a Still-Life.

30. Try using pattern and abstraction.

31. Websites:  http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/20 01/whatisaprint/print_cont.html http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/20 01/whatisaprint/print_cont.html  http://www.absolutearts.com/portfoli o/media/themes/Printmaking_Linoleu m.html http://www.absolutearts.com/portfoli o/media/themes/Printmaking_Linoleu m.html