Unit Plan

By malloryswadel

  • Printmaking Unit, Lesson 1

    Beginning of Year 9 Printmaking Unit
  • Week One_Introduction to Reduction Print and Artist Models

    Week One_Introduction to Reduction Print and Artist Models

    • Show students previous examples of past students prints
    • Introduce them to a reduction print
    • show artist models (Stanley Palmer and Shane Cotton)
    • Indroduce new key terms
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    Year 9 Reduction Print Unit

    5 Weeks of lessons (two weeks holiday)

  • Week Two_Drawing

    • Begin drawing from Sutton Landscape
    • Discuss symblism in reference to Cotton and their own work
    • Begin concepts for reduction print (A5)
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    School Holidays

    Easter School Holidays

  • Week Three_Finalising Print

    • finish A5 study
    • transfer onto wood
    • demo on wood cutting techniques
    • cut first layer

  • Week Four_Printing

    • Print first colour
    • cut into the wood more
    • Print second layer
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    Printing

    Students will print three colours plus a black outline on their reduction print.

  • Week Five_Finishing the Reduction Print

    • Print second and third colour
    • Print black outline
    • exhibition of prints in classroom