High School Art II/III - Printmaking

Students in the High School Art II and III class had fun with their recent printmaking project. After learning printmaking terminology and a little about the artist Gustav Dore, they each created their own printmaking linoleum cut stamp. After running their test print they had enjoyed experimenting with ink and different paper backgrounds. Enjoy their masterpieces and artist statements below!

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By Michelle B.

My artwork is a lighthouse. One of them I painted a background that I thought looked fun and cool. The idea to draw a lighthouse just popped into my head. The final piece is exactly what I imagined.

By Grace O.

I chose this design because I wanted to do something Marvel related. I liked making the different color mixtures. I'm quite proud of this. In my opinion, it is better than my last one [which was done last year].

By Teagan M.

I had a ton of fun learning to carve and use ink in the art of printmaking. I enjoyed experimenting with different colors to create and interesting piece of art. I simplified a character from the Dream SMP to make a polite little blob surrounded by grass and flowers. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed doing this project and I hope to try more with printmaking in the near future!

By Julia L.

I chose to do a camper because I really enjoy camping and being outdoors. The colors are based on Valentine's Day because that's when I started printing.

By Maddie B.

My art piece has lots of color and life! The statement I made is "Make your life Extraordinary, Be the light!" The first letter of each line is M, E, and B. Those letters stand for the initials in my name.

By Zoe S.

For my printmaking project, I decided to use a baby dragon design because I thought it was cute. I used some of my favorite colors for the ink. I think this is one of my best art pieces.

By Stephen H.

For the colors I used red, white, and black. For the print I did lotus flowers. I used lines at the bottom of the flowers to create an idea of depth and shadows.

By Rachel R.

I created this project because I love bees. Drawing fat bees makes me happy and fat bees remind me of being tired. In general, it's just a cute, fun, little stamp.  :)

By Mallory W.

I decided to print a frog because I have a small obsession with them. The printmaking project is always a treat to do and I like having some texture in the background of it.

By David M.

The print is based on a YouTuber named Mr. Beast. I'm not a fan of this YouTuber, but I have been into drawing funny pictures of well known mascots, so I saw Mr. Beast and the rest is history.

By Vivian M.

I created my stamp into the shape of the center of Iron Man's suit because I thought it would have a nice effect on the paper after being stamped.

By Josiah T.

I really like the ones where I did the background. I could have made the stamp slightly neater.