The type of sculpture I made in this unit was a linoleum cut, which is a type of relief carving (carving pieces out of a flat surface) that is used to make an ink print. Below are some steps to make a linoleum cut and print.
First, get a linoleum block.
Use the speedball cutter to cut out the parts of your block that you DON'T want to show up in your final print.
Use the brayer to spread a coat of ink evenly over the non-carved parts of your linoleum cut.
Slowly peal off the linoleum from the paper after pressing it down and applying pressure.
Label your print with the it's number and the date. Let dry.
I achieved this color by mixing blue in with a tiny amount of red.
I made this color by adding more red to the last color.
For this color, I put blue ink at the bottom of the bench hook and pink at the top, giving it a gradient effect.
In this piece, I had to use a found object to make art. I used dried acrylic paint from the inside of a cup to create a coral reef, and I used a Sharpie marker to draw a seahorse living in the reef. I solved problems by using a found object in an unconventional and original way to create a new piece.
"Coffee Girl" In this piece, the problem I had to solve was incorporating newspaper into my artwork. I started by making flowers that I thought looked interesting, and then I decided to make a girl to go with the flowers. After I drew the girl and water colored the background, I made the decision to add more color by painting her hair with coffee. Then I glued the flowers to her hair and made her lips out of newspaper.
In this series, my limitation was that I couldn't touch the paper with my paintbrush. I splattered watercolor on paper covered with tape to create the shapes on the paper. This piece shows a cat looking out of a window by the sea.
This painting is the second part of my series where the limitation was not touching the paintbrush to the paper. For this one, I gave the tree an interesting texture by coloring in the tree with a marker and changing the directions of the marker often. I solved problems in this piece by splattering watercolor on my paper, outlining the tree with tape.