Today's Class- Today we opened with a critique of last week's charcoal value graded project, with the drawings graded and returned to the students later in the day. Then I distributed pieces of wood to the students and they started working on their designs for their woodcut book illustration projects. Toward the end of the day I did a demonstration of safe and effective cutting techniques.
How to make this up- You can't start the block until I give you a piece of plywood, but you can work out your design on paper. The image will be 8" x 6", and can be positioned vertical or horizontal, as in the student examples above. You can sketch it out in pencil, and may choose to use markers to fill in the black shapes to get a better feel for how the print will look. Remember that the resulting print is a mirror image of the block, so you will have to draw the block backwards from how you want the print to look.
Homework- The completed wood block is due at the beginning of class on November 15, 2010, at which time we will print them in class.
For next class 11/8/10- We will begin our study of color. Bring your 18"x 24" pad, and all your painting related materials- acrylic paints, brushes, palette, palette knife, and some kind of container for water, as well as pencil and eraser.
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