Linocuts
Grade 9 students are beginning to create designs for their linocut projects. Yesterday, Mrs. Rose demonstrated how to print using a carved piece of linoleum (courtesy of former students who left their designs in the classroom): Getting ready for today's #linocut demo... #NipRockArt #printmaking #linoleum A photo posted by Colleen Rose (@colleenkr) on Feb 9, 2016 at 10:24am PST . The class is learning how to use lines to design a small composition, transfer it onto linoleum and carve. These designs will be printed multiple times, in order to create note cards for our upcoming Community Tea on Wednesday, February 24th. Check out this artist's work: A little ink never hurt anybody😉😝 |Mount Pleasant Ink| A video posted by @kristen10_smith on Feb 6, 2016 at 7:47pm PST . . On a related note, let's take a look at the value of a work done by Albrecht Durer (not a linocut): . Shepard Fairey is a very popular contemporary artist...