How Do ARTISTS use ELEMENTS OF DESIGN of

printmaking to Convey message/purpose in

their prints?

ORDER OF PRESENTATION

• Artists

• The elements of designs

• The purpose/message in the work

• Contemporary practices

• Difference between Digital and Traditional printmaking

ARTISTS:

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Felix Edouard Vallotton

Ernst Haeckel

Francisco Goya

Henri De Toulouse-lautrec

The Elements of Design of Printmaking

LINE COLOR

SHAPE FORM

SPACE TEXTURE

Now, how are the elements used?

LINEMost common and basic element

Created as a mark that connects two dots

Used to be able to control the audience’s eyecreate unity Balance

Most importantly, Printmakers use it to help construct meaning in their work.

Ernst Ludwig is well-known for his great usage of line in his prints

For instance…….

FOREST CEMETERY

KINDERPORTRIAT

SHAPE

• Shape is a form of line.

• When a combinations of line are created, it usually forms the shape of the subject of the image.

• An artist who uses Line in his work is Felix Edouard Vallotton.

• Vallottoninternationally recognized for his

impressive black and white woodcuts.

For instance…..

• This is a “La Raison Probante,” woodcut by Félix Vallotton in 1898.

Felix Vallotton autoportriat

1895

FORM

FORM is just like shape only it’s in 3-D

it can be measured by height, width, and depth.

It’s also the shape of parts of composition

A printmaker who uses this type of design is Ernst Haeckel.

Ernst Haeckel

The “Kunstformen der Natur”

QUIZ

• Which artist is well-known for his use of

a) Line

b) Form

c) Shape

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SPACE

• Used to find a way that objects relate to each other.

• It is also an illusion of three dimensions.

• Francisco Goya, a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker is known for his great usage of space in his prints.

• Goya is more of the intaglio printmaking type.

• Most of his prints uses etching or aquatint, or sometimes a combination of both.

Goya’s “Disparate 22. Lluvia de toros o Disparate de toritos”

THIS IS AN AQUATINT PRINT

Purpose: To give the illusion of a deep black space around the bulls

COLOR

• is a special element of design.

• Created through the audience.

• There are three qualities of color in prints. These areHueValueintensity

• An example of a printmaker who is known to use color very well in his work is Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

COLOR

COLOR

TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

• Color is a special element of design

• Francisco Goya is a relief printmaker

• The most common and basic element is Form

BONUS QS

CAN YOU DEFINE LINE, SHAPE, AND FORM.

CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE

DIGITAL PRINTING

VS.

TRADITIONAL PRINTING

DIGITAL PRINTING

PROS CONS

-Incredibly fast

Making it ideal for projects with a tight deadline.

- Design project’s texts, images and colors can be

customized without been slowed down

-Budget free but only on smaller quality pieces

-Large quality pieces are not budget friendly

-Inks aren’t fully absorbed into the print paper,

which means cracks can appear in the color

near edges which are folded in the finished

publication.

TRADITIONAL PRINTING

PROS CONS

-It’s more cost effective for higher volume

print runs.

-It’s the best quality type of printing

available for graphic designers.

- They enable more choice when it comes to

print materials.

-Not nearly as fast as digital.

-More costly for LOWER VOLUME PRINT

JOBS.

-Far more difficult to customize the print

jobs during the print run as the printer

NEEDS to be adjusted.

THIS BRINGS US TO OUR

NEXT QUIZ !!!!!!!!!!!!

What type of printing is this?

What type of printing is this?

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