Friday’s charm is printmaking’s charm. When it’s the last day of the work week and you are prepared for a fun weekend adventure, you have more patience to do it! Two Fridays ago, this event was my chance to enjoy Creative Printmaking at the North Pleasant Arts Centre! (And to support Youth Week too!)
It was a pretty quiet night with only two people attending along with our instructor. (Too bad there wasn’t more 🙁 ) To start with the printing block, I first chose an image that I eventually stamped onto backgrounds.
To make the stamp, I transferred the sketch to a block of rubber. It smelled so strong when the wrap came off as if there was a pile of erasers in front. Ack!
Of course, printmaking involves ink, and once you roll the paint on the block, it’s time to stamp, stamp again, and stamp more!
After a few test prints, I started making backgrounds to print some images onto. We used the back of our existing block.
Stamp the front with the character, and it looks even better with the black on brighter colours!
At the end of the two and a half hours, we made bags to take home which had the symbols stamped on it. Design, design, design! 😀
Our instructor’s piece was much better:
Even then, I felt I learned quite a lot about printmaking (and now have a stamp to play around with)! In general, this year’s YOUTH WEEK 😀 has benefited me lots! Learning about child soldiers, shopping deals, printmaking, MYC’s Volunteer Fair, the City’s Hiring Fair coming up….quite a package.
Next goal… make a YAA stamp?
