Fine art cubism

For this work shop i looked at how Juan Gris uses cubism in his work. Juan Gris uses geometric shapes in his work. Every element of a painting was considered with precision: line, shape, tone, colour and pattern were carefully refined to create an interlocking arrangement free from any unnecessary decoration or detail.  Perspective only works from one fixed viewpoint and the Cubists believed that it was a limited visualization technique which did not reflect the way that we see the world. Their aim was to develop a new way of seeing which reflected the complexity of the modern age.   In Cubist painting artists depict real objects, but not from a fixed viewpoint as in perspective. They combine different viewpoints of a subject in the one image. The whole idea of space is rearranged – the front, back and sides of the subject become interchangeable elements. I liked this process of cubism, i liked the different angles and shapes that could be made. I chose an interesting section of the still life set up which made this more interesting for me to paint.

Health and Safety - Studio and Workshop

Fine Art workshop Cubism

Lino Prints

How to make a lino print

Materials required

• Lino, cutting tools
• None slips, mat or wooden vice
• Pencil
• Design, image, tracing paper if required 
• Printing inks, rollers, printing press
• Glass plate

Transfer your design
1. Transfer your design onto the lino plate, using tracing paper, or draw free hand. Remember you image will be in reverse when printed.

Carve your plate
2. Using your cutting tools carve out the areas that you want to stay white.The raised areas will be what show the ink. Try not to carve to deeply into the lino but try to carve deep enough so that when you go to print those areas will stay white. Be careful, as the tools are sharp and always cut away from yourself, using the mat to stop the plate moving.

Ink your block
3. Take a small amount of ink and put it onto the glass plate, using the roller, roll out evenly on the glass plate and roll the ink onto the lino plate, taking care to get even coverage.

Print your plate
4. Place the plate onto the printing bed and put paper and blankets on top. Put through the press, and remove your print and allow it to air-dry on the drying rack.

Collagraph

Etchings

How to make an Etching Print

Health and safety

• Use apron to protect clothes
• Rubber gloves or barrier cream to be worn
• Long hair and scarves must be tucked away
• Clean all equipment and slabs with vegetable oil or turps using a rag
• Leave workshop clean and tidy

Preparation

• File and burnish edges of the zinc plate 
• De-grease the plate 
• put it on a hot tale 
• Apply hard ground - a waxy brown acid resistant coating - with a roller
• Transfer your image onto the plate, using tracing paper, or draw free hand 
• Remember to reverse your image
• Using a sharp point (etching needle) repeat your image by scratching back the ground
• Protect the other side of the plate with a duck or parcel tape
• Put plate into nitric aid for approx. 5 minutes 
• Polish plate with Brasso then rinse with hot water and dry

Printing

• Prepare and dampen paper in wather, roll it between layers of blotting paper
• Ink your plate. Rough paint brushes can be used to push ink into the grooves
• Use a rag or newspaper to wipe of excess ink and slightly polish the plate
• Place your plate onto clean newsprint on the center of printing bed 
• Cover with the damp paper, sheet of newsprint and blanket on top 
• Wind through the printing bed without stopping  
• Allow print to air-dry by placing it on the drying rack.  

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