screen printing color/emphasis

Katrina Disaster: American Swamp (2006), screenprint, 22 1/2" x 19 1/2", edition of 25
This screen print is an excellent representation of a emphasis using color because that blob of red in the background brings your eye straight to the guy in the center of the image that is holding the gun and and it sets the mood for the whole piece. 

screenprinting pattern/repetition

Andy Warhol, Portrait of Seymour H. Knox,1985, 
 This is a screen print done by Andy Warhol in the early 1960's. It is a great example of repetition and the use of pattern in a piece. Warhol is known for his iconic images of famous people that use a lot of vibrant colors as well as repetition.  

screenprinting shape

Forrest Creatures

By Andreas

Screenprint on Matteboard

This is an excellent representation of shape because it creates a lot if interesting creatures and landscape designs out of very simple shapes. 

collagraph color

Fish 1, collagraph and coloured pencil, 9x7 ins, Vivien Blackburn 

Fish 2, collagraph and coloured pencil, 9x7ins, Vivien Blackburn
The artist printed the collagraph and then went back in with colored pencil and colored the scales with different colors to create emphasis.  
These collagraphs are a great representation of color because the colors represented in these pieces make the whole thing come together. they are very creative and inspirational.

collagraph texture

Wild Turkey Hen #2 (Hand Colored Collagraph of Textured Bird)

Bonnie Murray 

The image size of this original hand-pulled, textured collograph measures 18" x 14.5".
Paper Size: 21" x 16.5"
Varied Edition
Printed on Arches cover white paper

The artist use many tiny pieces of textured paper to create her matrix and layered hem all on a to create a realistic texture of the feathers of a wild hen. After running her print she then went bcd in with colored pencil and collared the hen. This collagraph is a great representation of texture because although it uses simple materials it creates great textured feathers.  

drypoint Pattern/Repetition

Jasper Johns, Hatching Pattern, 1976, aquatint and drypoint
this drypoint cheerily creates an interesting pattern through the use of line and repetition. the lines almost create these interesting shapes that interlock with each other like a puzzle. 

drypoint line

Anna- Lina
Arne Bendik Sjur
1996 Drypoint Edition of 20
4x5 inches
Norwegian artist Arne Bendik Sjur's work is about people and relationships. Sjur creates his evolving series by working on a single plate, printing an edition, then reworking the existing plate through multiple states. This continues until the series is complete. By obscuring and adding elements, the artist is able to portray the passage of time, transformations, and metamorphoses - suggesting the transient nature of reality. The small scale of each work and the meticulous rendering draws in the viewer and captures the imagination. The use of line in the sleeping childs' face is amazing. The lines created give the face a relaxed and soft look/ It is minimally shaded but still gives the impression if a real face. 

Linocut texture

Ready for  Nap
By Carolyn Witschonke
2012
Linocut

After a safari trip to Botswana and Zimbabwe in August 2010, member artist Carolyn Witschonke was inspired to preserve her memories of special happenings on that trip. 

This is one of 14 linocuts the artist created after her trip to africa. This linocut shows great depth in texture and is very interesting. Her use of line and shape in the grass and mane of the lion are amazing. 

linocut balance

Plasma by Karina Muayes
Linocut, 2011
currently in the The Old Print Gallery
Karima Muyaes was born in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1960. Her formal education began a the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), continued at the School of Fine Art at the Universidad de la Americans in Mexico City, and concluded at the School of Art in Toronto, Canada. Muyaes has studied with a number of renowned international artists including Santos Balmoir, Juan Alcazar, and Curlee Holton. For over ten years, Muyaes has been an integral part of the internationally famous Experimental Printmaking Institute at Lafayette College, Easton, PA. 
This linocut is depicting radial balance with the use of lines and has a very interesting composition even though the artist is just using simple lines. 

Lino Cut Shape

Original linocut print in black of a bird printed on light gray textured cardstock paper. Additional details drawn in black ink.
5 x 7 inches, signed and dated by artist Laura Wennstrom on the front.This print is a unique mixture of printmaking techniques & illustration and is completely original.  The use of simple geometric shapes is very interesting because it it creates a complex composition within the bird. 

embossing and etching

 

Title	Your Fate
Size	14.4 x 11.7 cm
Date Published	2005
Reference	Norman Lindsay Etchings: Catalogue Raisonné (Odana Editions and Josef Lebovic Gallery, 1999, cat.139)

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Norman Alfred William Lindsay (February 22, 1879 – November 21, 1969). Born in Creswick, Victoria. He was a prolific artist, sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler. Son of surgeon Robert Charles William Alexander Lindsay and Jane Elizabeth Lindsay. He is widely regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists, producing a vast body of work in different media, including pen drawing, etching, watercolour, oil and sculptures in concrete and bronze.

I choose this piece because it is very moving. the womans expression is challenging you to choose oyur fate. It seems to be saying that you are responsible for your own fate. the lines create alot of texture and really play on shadows.

blind embossing

this blind embossing was done by a rider named sophia. It is about 4 inches by 6 inches it was used on a riding companys official papers. from what i can recall it was made with cardboard.

http://www.pocketfolders.com/embossing.php
 i choose this piece because it made an impact on my personal life and it is one of the first blind embossing pieces i can remember seeing.