Printmaking Class

For my printmaking class most of the work that we do are projects and research on different artists. So far, we’ve finished only two projects and we are currently working on the third one. Before we do each project, we are supposed to research three artists. We either have to draw or print their work to our sketchbook. Then we write a little about the author and put what we dislike or like about their painting. The whole point on doing the research is so we can look at their artwork and that way we get an idea of how we are supposed to do our paintings. The paintings that the artists do are usually about the same topic that we need to do our paintings on. It does help me a lot to look at the different artist’s artwork. I find myself understanding more about the topic of what we are supposed to paint after I have seen the artwork of the different artists. I see what they do and what they don’t do. At first I didn’t know what I was doing but now that I have completed two projects I know what I am doing now. In the beginning it was hard to figure out when I was suppose to put ink to the plate or when it was good to print it to the final paper. Now I feel like I am getting use to doing those projects and I am getting the idea of when the project that I am doing is ready for the next part. With the third project that I am doing right now, I don’t feel lost on what I have to do. I just know what I have to do. Unless I need help from the professor, I continue my work with no problem. I have learned so much in that class.