a printmaking technique that layers thin paper onto a print

Insect printmaking: Chine collé

Art and design

In this unit, pupils will explore the world of insects up close, recording their observations using line drawing techniqes. They will develop these drawings through a number of print processes, before creating and realising a design for surface print.

Insects: drawing and printmaking

Sticking thin paper onto a background while printing

What word means placing one thing over another in printing?

To add colourful and textured backgrounds

Why do artists use Chine collé in their insect prints?

Which of these is a good reason to use layering in your artwork?

Place thin paper onto the background paper

Print your insect design on top of the thin paper

Put the steps for making a Chine collé insect print in the correct order.

Sticking thin coloured paper to your print

To press an image from one surface onto another

Use a ruler, light guidelines and line up each print carefully

How can you keep your straight repeat pattern neat and evenly spaced?

Printing the same design in a straight line

Turning your print in different directions before printing again

Flipping your printing plate each time (up/down or side to side)

What is a mirrored repeat in printmaking?

Lining up each print neatly in rows or columns

What is a straight repeat in printmaking?

A British-Nigerian artist who uses bright colours and patterns

Can make an artwork feel warm, lively, or energetic

Can make an artwork seem calm, peaceful, or distant

Using both hot and cold colours in an artwork can create contrast.

Match each type of colour to the feeling it can create in an artwork:

Starter Quiz