Today's Class- Tonight we started working on projects. I opened by bringing in more stuff to show to students, such as a variety of papers, and how things looked printed on them, such as the above large woodcut on kinwashi. I also showed different states of some of my prints, from initial sketch to early proofs, to final version, to demonstrate the value of seeking opinions of other artists while developing an image. After that, everyone worked on what they wanted to work on.
How to make this up- Students who are in the introductory class should at least have their face/portrait sketches worked out on paper. Even better would be to have started drawing it on the linoleum.
Homework- Finish the sketch for the linoleum print project, so you'll have time to cut and hopefully print them by next week.
For next class 9/16/14- If I am still teaching this class, we will open with a demonstration of how to cut linoleum, and later in the class there will be a printing demonstration. Bring your linoleum, cutting tools, printing ink, and print paper.
