Mixed Media Screen Printing
Please complete the work below in your altered book. Work with a partner on the brainstorming parts...two minds thinking and focusing can help guide your thoughts better than one! (Don't forget to write today's date on this assignment!)
Before beginning, check your grade by logging into the student portal on the IMPACT website. Make sure it is right! Here is the link.
1. Copy the following requirements for the mixed media screen print (more requirements to follow as we learn technique):
-to use your artistic style that you worked with on the past altered book assignment
-to provoke thought or reactions from others (in a school appropriate way) through your image.
2. Look at the outdoors works by Banksy, a graffiti artist from London. Choose 3 and make a quick sketch of them (I just want to know which one you are looking at.) Then, write a question that Banksy might be asking people passing by with these artworks. There are no wrong answers as long as you are thinking!
3. Banksy used stencils to create his work. We are going to use a different version of stencil making called SCREENPRINTING. In your sketchbook, draw a cartoon showing the steps to use to screen print. Follow the link below to help you.
4. For this project, we are going to create a black and white screen print (you may also print your image on shirts, backpacks, etc...) and then add the color in the background using a technique that will be similar to painting. We will also embroider (sew) into the painting a little. Click on the following links for some examples:
5. The hard part is next. You need to come up with an idea. Artists get their inspiration from many sources. Below is an outline of different brainstorming assignments. Choose only 2 of the 4 listed.
A - Inspiration from MUSIC: Make a list of songs and/or bands that make you feel inspired. Choose a line or two from a song. Rephrase this line of the song into a question. (You can find the lyrics at elyrics.net.)
B - Inspiration from other ARTISTS: Choose an artwork that you really like or really dislike. Make a sketch of it, add something new to it to change its meaning to something you want to say. Be sure to record the artist and the title so you can find it again! Here is a couple links to get you started: artcyclopedia.com
C - Inspiration from POETRY: We studied Pablo Neruda's Book of Questions. Some other well known poets include: Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and Edgar Allen Poe. Do a search on one of these poets (or a favorite topic of your own.) Copy a favorite line or two from a poem and the name of the poet. Then, rewrite the poem in the form of a question. Remember, poetic language makes mysterious questions! Poemhunter.com
D - Inspiration from PEOPLE or EVENTS in your life: Think of a specific person or event. It might be happy or sad. Tragic or funny. It's up to you. Imagine that person or event. Make a list of 10 provoking, mysterious, poetic questions about that person or time.
6. Look at this list of BIG QUESTIONS. Copy at least 5 down that are interesting to you that you could address in your artwork.
7. Your HOMEWORK is to work on your idea. You MUST think about your idea outside of class...that is when you will find your best inspirations. Here is what you need to do by MONDAY MARCH 30.
- Print a photo from the internet (you could do this today!) or cut out a photo from a magazine. This is the image for the screen printing portion
- Make a list of questions...how could you answer them with a simple, powerful, mysterious statement? How could you rewrite the question to make them sound poetic?
- How will you paint/embroider in the background? (Simple is better!)
- When you decide on your idea, DO it. Bring it to class...don't second guess yourself and don't compare yourself to your classmates.
