Zine
For the making of my Zine I used a lot of measurements to perfect my letters. I chose to draw flowers and list their scientific names. I used thirty twp patterns total throughout and made small little important details. I used different shading and textures. I wanted to have a theme to my project so i wanted all the flowers to look clean and the text of the Zine to all look the same and be the same size, This was a very fun activity that I made sure to take my time with.
Dry Point Etching
For my etching I had a difficult time with straight lines and everything in my picture is straight lines so it took a long time. I handled the challenge well. There were a lot of contrast and different perspectives in the picture I chose and most of the contrast was in the flower pots. I liked making the colorful one because it made the plant life come to life and looked a lot more like the picture. I liked the printing process even though it was difficult to spin because it took some muscle but I managed. Overall I think I did really well on my project.
Linoleum Block Print Self Portrait
I decided to challenge myself for this project. I used a lot of black when I started out but I used a tye dye sweatshirt in my picture making it so I had some very small sharp edges. I did really well with separating black from white. when I got to choose my print colors i tried mixed a bunch of colors so it would look really pretty. I have a light green print, magenta print, navy blue print, and a dark lavender print. Two of them turned out really dark and vibrant and the other two were a little fuzzy which I believe was due to not pressing hard enough. Overall I did really well with this project and used a lot of great color and detail.
Silk Screen
For my silk screen group project I had a lot of fun. For our individual design I used the colors black white and grey because I like simple colors and they look good with anything. I spent about two and a half hours drawing my design because I wanted really perfect lines and I wanted a perfect circle and outlines. I was super happy with my drawing and we used it for our T-shirts. We also used the cool turtle which was a mixture of everyone's ideas so that was cool. When we made the screen it washed away a couple of lines but it still turned out really well and was a great project.
Mono Print
For my mono practice print (left image) I used the primary colors as red blue and yellow and I chose them because they were sparkly and I have never used sparkly paint but also because I know that these colors go together because they are primary colors. I used rectangles squares triangles and a circle for the practice just to see how other shapes would turn out between the different layers. The official print has a lot more meaning. I used only two different shapes a triangle and a circle. These shapes a both very controversial when talking about color or what they mean. They both can be related to things like the sun or pregnancy or things like infinite possibilities like space. Space gives more of a cool color vibe and the sun or pregnancy gives off more of a warm color vibe so I used both warm and cold colors. The first to layers was like a orange yellow and the a red orange. For the last layer I used a purple blue which is the cool color. This was a fun project and I liked it.
Block Printing Pattern
For my block printing pattern I decided to use one of my free hand hennas. I chose this because it was my own design and I think they are really pretty. The Print was small so it was hard to carve out and took a long time but it turned out well and I am really happy with it. I found some marble paper to use underneath and it looks really cool all together. This project was really fun overall and looks really good. I like how the block was much easier to carve than the linoleum prints we made is was very satisfying.