Q3 Art Project
I created this project because it stuck out to me . When I saw it I remembered I completed something like it in middle school so I wanted to try it again since it has been a while. When I saw the project I immediately thought I wanted to make a beach scene. I love drawing the beach and wanted to see if I could make a print of it. I like to make the leaves really detailed and I thought it would look really cool on the print. When I actually did it, it was hard for the leaves to turn out on the page. I think my work conveys to audience hard work. I feel this way because I have four different images and it shows how I tried a few times before I got it correct. Something I feel I achieved in this project was patience. I admit it was annoying having to go back and heat up the print and keep carving. Also when I printed and it didn’t come out right. I gained some patience from all of this. This piece relates to past work I have done as I have drawn many things with trees like this. I enjoy making my work have beach scenes. I feel my art relates to contemporary art/prints because of the style and colors. For example I found this print I pictured here below. We both used red and black and the fine lines in the painting reminded me of the tree in my print. http://fengshui-paintings.com/823-Wall-Art-Canvas-Prints-Koi-Fish-Wall-Art-Contemporary-Art-Modern.html (link to the painting)
What I did to create this was I made a sketch of my design. Then after that I traced it onto another piece of thin paper to transfer onto the block I made the official print. I carved the image into the block. I had to put it under the iron to make it warmer and easier to use/carve it in. After that I did some test prints, and then the official ones. When I was doing the prints sometimes they came out too faint or too thick. My only inspiration for this work was my past drawings. My dad taught me how to draw palm trees and I have been doing it ever since. My work reflects me because the beach is one of my favorite places to go. I feel my work could be an influence on others who want to do print making to start if they want to. A technique that was important to this art piece was the tin lines on the leaves of the tree. I wish they showed up better on the print but they really make the tree look real. A new technique I learned was heating the linoleum to make it easier to cut into.
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