Printmaking is a wonderful process to achieve a diverse range of artwork in a condensed amount of time.
Below are two examples that highlight the wide-ranging possibilities achieved during a session onsite at the West Yorkshire Print Workshop in Mirfield.
Moorend Academy, Huddersfield
Moorend Academy students attended an educational workshop to assist with their GCSE Art portfolio.
Each student supplied a piece of artwork that they have produced at school, this was translated onto a silkscreen prior to attending the workshop session.
The majority of the session was creating a body of experimental ‘base’ patterns using the paper stencil method, and the primary colours of yellow, red, and blue. They had the choice to build up and experiment with the coloured layers using one, two or all the colours.
The final stage brought all the elements together and each student printed their bespoke illustration on top of the ‘base’ paper stencil patterns using the key colour of black.
GCSE Student
Below are examples from a GCSE student who wished to produce experimental portraits images of himself to enhance his Art portfolio.
The image was separated into three images and produced onto silkscreens before the session. During the session, I suggested and supported the creative process to experiment colour mixed whilst printing, varying the laying of the silkscreen images and printing onto different papers.
