My Term 2 Art

Last term for our art we did lino prints. We each chose a topic, and I chose houses. Here is the process of this art project.

First of all we had a look at houses on Google Images for ideas. This is the picture that my art was based on.  

After we chose our photo, we drew our house design on a piece of newsprint. When we had done that, we transferred it onto a piece of good paper. Once we had done that, we got a piece of lino, and placed our good drawing on it. then we rubbed a 6B pencil over the paper, and when we took off the paper, the drawing had been transferred onto the lino. We then went over the lines to make them more clear. 

Then we got to the hardest part - carving. We carved all our lines, which took a long time, and required many plasters. I cut myself once, but not badly. After the long achievement of carving, we got up to the intricate process of inking. To do this, we rolled ink over our piece of lino, and then pressed it into a piece of paper. We did this twice, on two separate pieces of paper. Afterwards, I chose my favourite one and then picked my next colour. I did this three times, until I had four different colours on my print.

                                               Here is the finished product: