Tools/Terms
You should use ink rather than paint when creating a print because of this quality of ink.
What is it dries more slowly and is thicker?
This is a tool used where a pattern, design or shapes are blocked out .
What is a stencil?
This is the number of reproductions of some form from a single design or print.
What is a series?
This sharp tool is used to carve away areas of a plate.
What is a gouge?
This element of art enriches a print and creates an illusion of a material that can be felt.
What is texture?
This is when you press an object into paint or ink and then to a surface.
What is stamping?
This is a faint impression made on a surface after the initial print, often due to leftover ink
What is a ghost print?
This is the term we use for the process of designing and producing prints.
What is a Printmaking?
This element of art used in printmaking includes whites, blacks, and greys.
What is value?
This form of printmaking involves the relief printing from a block of linoleum
What is linocut?
This form of printmaking is done when your design is scratched or etched into a metal plate.
What is intaglio?
This is the term for the surface or matrix in which you carve into. The areas you carve will be cored out and remain unprinted.
What is a relief?
This is a term we use to line up a print on a piece of paper
What is registration lines?
This is the gouge tip that can be changed out and is used to carve away areas of a plate.
What is a nib?
This is the bounce, gear-marks, banding, and stripes of uneven ink application on the printing field.
What is the chatter?
What should it sound like when rolling out ink on your brayer?
What is a velcro?
A benefit of printmaking over other forms of art is this.
What is the ability to make multiple prints or copies?
This form of printmaking involves creating a plate made of 3-dimensional relief out of collage materials such as cardboard.
What is a collagraph?
This type of printmaking is commonly used for T-Shirt making.
What is screen printing.