Is the process of creating artwork by printing with ink or paint, typically on paper, fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces.
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It is also an art form using a process for reproducing images that involves the transfer of ink from a plate or woodblock to paper, canvas, or other surface that will ultimately hold the work of art.
About Printing or Printmaking
It is a graphic art form conceived by the artist to be realized as an original work of art rather than a copy of a work in another medium.
It is defined as:
verb
1. transfer (a colored design or pattern) to a surface.
2. Mark or indent (the surface of a soft substance).
3. make (a mark or indentation) on a surface or in a soft substance
by pressing something onto it.
4. write (text) clearly without joining the letters or handwriting in which the letters
are written separately rather than being joined together.
Vocabulary
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Mediums
In 2D Visual Arts, a medium refers to the materials or supplies used to create artwork.
Types
Monoprint is a one-of-a-kind print that forms part of a series. Each finished monoprint varies from the other, but a common element is present in each print.
It may be made the same way as a monotype but is one of a series; therefore, it is only partially unique. One image may be pulled from the plate. However, a secondary or third less contrasted image may be pulled from the same plate afterward. This is called a 'ghost' image. It will have the same shapes but different values.
Monotypes are a type of printmaking but, unlike any other art form, combines the spontaneity of printmaking, painting, and drawing. Monotypes allow considerable freedom with ink and are also known as the most painterly method among printmaking techniques.
Techniques
Prints are produced by drawing or carving an image onto a hard surface (known as a matrix) such as a wood block, metal plate, or stone. The transfer of ink is affected by the following
- Wetting properties of the printing substrate,
- Surface properties of the materials involved,
- Properties of the paper,
- Viscosity of the ink,
- Printing pressure,
- Printing speed and
- Shape of the cells and their filling level.
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- The Museum of Modern Art - Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty
