WorksheetsPrintmaking
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the pigment you use in printmaking called?
Paint
Ink
Gesso
Glue
What is a print?
An artwork like a hand made poster.
A work of art made by pressing a plate with ink on it to paper.
A sculpture made out of ink and pressed onto paper.
What is the machine pictured called?
A Smoosher
A Robot
A Press
A Slab Roller
What is a brayer?
A device like a rolling pin, that carves the linoleum block.
A rolling pin made out of steel wool.
A device made out of rubber used to evenly spread ink.
The 4 methods of printmaking are ...
Relief, Intaglio, Lithography and Seriography
Relief, Press, Edition and Screen printing
Relief, Acid, Crayon and Wood Block
What is an edition?
The total number of impressions made by a printmaking using different colored inks.
The total number of impressions made from one plate.
The total number of impressions made from painting.
The total number of impressions made by a printmaking using different plates.
Who made this print?
Mary Cassatt
Elizabeth Catlett
Frida Kahlo
Hokusai
What is an impression?
The inked plate
Fancy Ink
A brayer
A printed copy of your plate.
Before the invention of the printing press, how were books made?
Monks were paid to make the paper.
Paid copyists called scribes hand wrote the pages.
Gutenberg used movable type to made the words.
Why do you need registration marks in printmaking?
So the different half tones blend in the intended manner.
So the different colors align properly
So the black outlines are always present
To inspire the revolution
Because the printing press was invented it sparked a revolution of ____________.
art appreciation
math
geography
learning
True of False - Paint dries faster than ink?
True
False
The Tom Petty poster pictured is printed using which printmaking technique?
Split Fountain or Rainbow Blend
Ink Splatter
Easter Gradient Effect
Collage maker
What is screenprinting?
Prints the relief block
Prints what is on the surface of the stencil.
Prints the open areas of a stencil. How you print T-shirts.
What is Lithography?
Prints the stenciled area using printing ink.
Prints what is drawn on the surface of a plate. You use a greasy crayon.
Prints what is incised below the surface of the plate.
What is Intaglio?
Also known as etching. Prints what is below the surface of the plate.
Also known as relief. Prints what is above the surface of the plate.
Also known as etching. Plates are dipped in acid until they dissolve.
Who invented the printing press?
Lorenzo D'Medici
Anton Von Levanhook
Johannes Gutenburg
This famous print was created by ...
Faith Ringold
Elizabeth Catlett
Kara Walker
Chloe Alexander
If you create an edition of five prints, you should number the first print ________?
AP
1/2
1/5
1/3
Who made this print?
Hashiguchi Goyo
Hokusai
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Yoshitoshi
