Mr.

Lynch

Art Foundations
4th Quarter
D Block
Unit 2:
Printmaking
 Topics for the Week
4/10/23 - 4/28/23
Overarching ● By the end of the course, the students will be able to plan and create artwork in
standard various media.

Transferable skill ● Persist in solving challenging problems and learn from failure.

● Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be
developed.
Enduring Understanding
● Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive
critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time.

Essential Question ● What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative
thinking?
(s) ● What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work?
 Weekly Agenda for 4/10/23
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Group Share Introduction to Finish research Finish Mono Finish lino
and Artist new Project and Idea Prints Thumbnails and
statement Research and generation Start start carving!
Idea generation Mono Prints Thumbnails for
Mono Prints Linocuts
 4/10/23 Day 1
Group Sharing Our art
Overarching ● By the end of the course, the students will be able to plan and
standard create artwork in various media.

● By the end of the course, the students will be able to refine and
Prioritized standard complete artistic work.

Essential Question ● How can creativity and innovative thinking be developed through
artmaking?
(s) ● How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?

Elements? ● How was Line, Value, Color, Space, Shape, Texture, or Form used?

Artist Statement: How and why do we talk about our own art?
 4/11/23 Day 2
● Introduction to Printmaking
● Classroom Expectations
● Finish Any and all Artist statements
● Color Practice- choose three colors from the color wheel and create a piece that
elicits emotion. Use gel pens, ink pens, or alcohol markers. Think about how different
colors work next to each other.

● What conditions, attitudes, and

behaviors support creativity and
Essential innovative thinking?
Question (s) ● What role does persistence play in
revising, refining, and developing
work?
 ● What conditions, attitudes, and

Essential Question (s)

behaviors support creativity and
innovative thinking? 4/12/23
● What role does persistence play

Let's Start with Mono Prints

in revising, refining, and
developing work?

● How to Table Print https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4M78_zWHHA

● This is a great opportunity to play with colors and patterns.

● Practice mixing and matching styles to find what works best for you.

❏ Use your provided surface to paint on 2 different colors.

❏ Add objects like string on top or use your finger to draw
patterns.
❏ Lay down textured objects to add a textured design to the
print.
❏ Lay your paper over the print and press down to pick up the
ink below the page.
❏ Flip over paper and let dry.
 4/13/23
● Classroom Expectations
● Class Discussion
● 5 Mono Prints, 2 ghost prints
● Work on creating three thumbnail sketches for lino printing
○ Get inspired by hobbies, interests, and skills

● What conditions, attitudes, and

behaviors support creativity and
Essential innovative thinking?
Question (s) ● What role does persistence play in
revising, refining, and developing
work?
 4/14/23
● We will do a quick introduction to lino cuts Lino Cuts Intro
● Finish Thumbnail sketches for Lino
● Start transferring sketch onto Lino block
○ Sketch to Lino demo

● What conditions,
attitudes, and behaviors
Essential support creativity and
innovative thinking?
Question ● What role does
(s) persistence play in
revising, refining, and
developing work?
 Weekly Agenda for 4/24/23
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Planning for lino Linocuts and Linocuts Art History Reflecting
cuts Printing And printing Linocuts and
And Printing printing
 4/24/23
● Consider the color you want to use on your print
● Remember to keep repetition in your print
● Stay inspired by interests, hobbies, and skills
● If you finish your first layer start printing it.

● What conditions, attitudes, and

behaviors support creativity and
Essential innovative thinking?
Question (s) ● What role does persistence play in
revising, refining, and developing
work?
 4/25/23
● Transfer Reminder and Carving demo
● Working with carving Tools

● What conditions,
attitudes, and behaviors
Essential support creativity and
innovative thinking?
Question ● What role does
(s) persistence play in
revising, refining, and
developing work?
 4/26/23
● Printing demo
● Start carving linoleum design

● What conditions,
attitudes, and behaviors
Essential support creativity and
innovative thinking?
Question ● What role does
(s) persistence play in
revising, refining, and
developing work?
 4/27/23
Art History: Art & Life Rules from a Nun
Think about the essential questions:
● How does learning about art impact the
way we view the world?
● How can art be used to create meaning and
communicate ideas?
● Keep work on those Prints!

Print examples of Sister Corita

Kent

Finish Lino Prints Next Week
● Carving and printing
today.
● Continue Layering your
prints.
4/28/23
● What conditions, attitudes, and
behaviors support creativity and
Essential innovative thinking?
Question (s) ● What role does persistence play in
revising, refining, and developing
work?

● Remember to line it up
correctly!
● 3-4 Layers

Weekly Reflection on Google

Classroom
 4/31/23
● Carving and printing
today.
● Continue Layering your
prints.
● Remember to line it up
correctly!
● 3-4 Layers

Weekly Reflection on Google

Classroom

● Select your best prints

that use color, repetition,
and rhythm to mount.
 4/30/23
Final Share
Overarching ● By the end of the course, the students will be able to plan and create artwork in
standard various media.

Transferable skill ● Persist in solving challenging problems and learn from failure.

● Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be
developed.
Enduring Understanding
● Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive
critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time.

Essential Question ● What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative
thinking?
(s) ● What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work?

Elements ● How was Line, Value, Color, Space, Shape, Texture, or Form used?