Surrealist prints of a city, head, whale, two people in the rain, and a bird’s skeleton.

Photographs by Farah Nosh for Scholastic.

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Make an Impactful Print

Use what you’ve learned about printmaking to make a print with a social message

Studio Project Prompt:

Choose a type of printmaking to work in. Explore printmaking techniques to create a print with a social call to action.

Parameters:

  • Select a printmaking method and a social issue to address in your image.
  • Make sketches exploring various ways you can communicate your message.
  • Experiment with negative space, positive space, juxtaposition, and scale.
  • Use printmaking techniques to gradually build color.

Before you begin, check out these examples by the students at South Kamloops Secondary School in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada!

Prepared by: Lisa Yamaoka, South Kamloops Secondary School, British Columbia, Canada

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