Lesson video

Hello, my name is Mrs. Tipping and I'm really looking forward to learning with you today all about hidden worlds exploring collage and mixed media.

We're going to do lots of thinking, talking, and exploring together in this lesson.

So shall we get started? Let's go.

By the end of today's lesson, you'll be able to use different textured materials to create monoprinted collage papers.

Before we start, I would like to introduce you to some keywords.

We'll be using these keywords during the lesson, so it might be a good idea to write these words down.

The keywords we'll be using today are monoprint, textured, pattern.

I'm going to say those again and I would like you to repeat them after me.

Monoprint.

Textured.

Pattern.

Good job.

Now let's think in more detail about what these keywords mean by taking a look at their definitions.

Monoprint is a printing method to create a single unique print.

Textured is the feel or appearance of a surface.

Pattern is a design in which lines or shapes are repeated.

Pause the video here to make a note of these key words and when you are ready to continue, press play.

These are the learning cycles that we'll be working through together in today's lesson.

Selecting and gathering a range of textured materials and creating monoprinted papers.

In this first learning cycle, we're going to select and gather a range of textured materials.

How would you describe this artwork? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

How would you describe it? Did you pick out the colours or the textures or the shapes? Well, this artwork is a monoprint.

Unlike other printmaking techniques that produce multiple copies of the same image, a monoprint results in only one distinct print, making it a unique work of art.

And there are many different processes that artists can use to create monoprints.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Monoprinting means to make a print in one colour, a single unique print, or multiple prints in different colours? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think about how you would finish this sentence and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that monoprinting means to make a single unique print, you are absolutely right, and there are many different ways an artist can create a monoprint.

These papers have been made using a monoprinting process.

Take a look at those there.

What can you see? Now the artist has used a range of textured materials to create the monoprints on the paper.

They've used materials like bubble wrap, string or ribbon, and scrunched tinfoil.

Hmm, interesting materials to use.

Wonder what kind of texture they would create? Different materials will create different textures or patterns in a print.

Textures describe the way something might feel or the appearance of a surface.

Patterns describe the different repeated shapes or lines that might be seen on a surface.

Izzy is thinking about the patterns that her material might make.

She says, "I'm going to select some bubble wrap for my monoprints, as I really like the circular patterns." Jacob is thinking about the different textures that his material might create when monoprinting.

He says, "I'm going to experiment with different plastic packaging such as netting.

I think the texture will have some thin and thick lines with smooth waving shapes." What texture or patterns might the scrunch tinfoil make when monoprinting? Hmm.

What do you think? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? Well, Izzy says, "I think this might make a pattern with lots of small, sharp edges, a bit like tree bark or snake skin." Do you agree or did you have some other ideas? <v ->That foil can make quite sharp edges, can't it?</v> Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Which material might show a circular pattern in a monoprint? A, B, or C? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said B, you are absolutely right.

This bubble wrap has a circular pattern.

Now, when selecting textured or patterned materials, it's important to carefully consider what you want to achieve as an artist.

It can be quite tempting to take as many exciting materials as possible, but it's important to pause and reflect before choosing materials, and that helps artists make thoughtful, creative decisions in their work.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Artists should use as many different materials in their work as possible.

Is this statement true or false? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that's false, you are absolutely right, but why is that statement false? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner about why this statement is false and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you discuss? If you said something like, it is better for artists to pause and reflect before selecting materials so their decisions support their creative ideas, then you're absolutely right.

Well done.

Artists can also change the surface that they choose to work on.

Jacob says, "I might use one colour of ink, but on different coloured papers." And Izzy says, I might use a a light coloured ink on a dark paper so they can change that surface that they choose to work on, as well as the materials that they use.

This brings us to our first learning task.

I'd like you to select and gather some textured and patterned materials.

Now, you might think about materials with different textures like that netting there, or materials that might create different patterns, like the circular patterns in bubble wrap, or those sharp edges like in tinfoil, and maybe think about what surfaces and ink you might use.

And remember, it's important to pause and reflect before selecting your materials.

You want to think about why you want to use those.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to select and gather your textured and patterned materials and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? Were you able to select some materials that you thought would work well? Well, you might have selected some coloured paper or maybe dark or light paper, different colours of printing ink, some string, threads or fabric, maybe some plastic netting or some tinfoil, or maybe even some bubble wrap.

So those are just a few examples of the types of things that you could have selected and gathered.

And hopefully you've got a wide range of textures and patterns that you would like to use.

Well done for completing that learning task.

This brings us to the second part of our lesson where we're now going to create monoprinted papers.

Monoprinting creates a copy or impression of a surface.

Artists can choose which textured materials to create a monoprint with, how they will arrange the different parts of their monoprint.

And although monoprinting creates a copy of different surfaces, it is also a creative process because the artist makes choices along the way.

Let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

Is this statement true or false? Monoprinting is only about making a copy, not about creativity.

Is this statement true or false? Pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? If you said that's false, you are absolutely right.

But why is that statement false? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you discuss? Maybe you said something like, monoprinting is a form of artistic expression.

Artists make choices and can use monoprinting to create unique creative works where textures, colours, and styles can vary greatly.

Well done if you said something similar.

Before you begin printing, you might look at the work of other artists.

Jacob is looking at the work "Plate 9 Maeandrina Hexacoralla" from Kunstformen der Natur by Ernst Haeckel before beginning his monoprint.

Jacob then says, "I like how artist Ernst Haeckel uses different patterns and textures within his print.

How might the work of this artist inspire you? Pause the video here and have a discussion with your partner and press play when you're ready to continue.

How do you think the artist might inspire you? Were you able to pick out the different patterns and textures that this artist used and which did you prefer? When you have selected and gathered your materials, you are ready to create your monoprint.

So you need to use a roller to roll a small amount of ink into a printing tray.

So it looks a bit like this here.

You see that small amount of ink that's gone into the printing tray.

Then roll the ink onto your textured material.

So you can see the roller here and the bubble wrap.

We've rolled that yellow ink onto that textured material.

And carefully turn over your textured material and roll ink onto the other side.

Place your textured materials onto a sheet of paper and repeat the inking of textured materials until you are happy with your arrangement.

So you can see a different material's gone into the printing tray now.

We're gonna roll over that and then place that onto the paper and making sure you arrange it where you'd like it to go.

Then you place a clean piece of paper on top of your arranged materials, and apply pressure to the paper using your hand or a clean roller.

And be careful not to move the materials around.

You can see there, you can press down with your hand or gently use a roller.

Try not to move those things underneath your paper.

Now, let's take a moment to pause and check our understanding.

What is the missing step of this monoprinting process? So here are the steps, which one is missing? So we've got use a roller to roll a small amount of ink into a printing tray.

Place your textured materials onto a sheet of paper, repeat with different materials, and layer over a sheet of paper and apply pressure.

So pause the video here and give yourself a moment to think about the missing step of this monoprinting process and press play when you are ready to continue.

What did you think? What was missing? If you said, roll the ink onto both sides of your textured material, you are absolutely right.

It's that second step there that was missing.

Now you can experiment and repeat this monoprinting process several times, and you might think about changing the surface that you monoprint on or the colour of ink.

So Jacobs says, "In my next monoprint I'll use two different colours of paper." And you might think about changing the textured or patterned materials you are printing with as well.

So Jacobs says, I did not like the effect with the ribbon.

I might swap it for tinfoil instead.

This brings us to our final learning task.

I'd like you to create monoprinted collage papers.

So remembering the steps of that monoprint process.

Use a roller to roll a small amount of ink into a printing tray.

Then roll the ink onto both sides of your textured material.

Then place your textured materials onto a sheet of paper and repeat with different materials.

And finally, layer over a sheet of paper and apply pressure.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to create some monoprinted collage papers and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did that go? What different materials did you use? What colours did you use on your paper or your ink? Well, you might have included something that looks a bit like this.

Maybe you've used some brown paper and you've made a monoprint with bubble wrap in yellow.

Or maybe you've used a monoprint with some string or a monoprint made with netting.

Well done for creating some monoprinted papers.

We're now going to have a go at a second part of this learning task.

I want you to reflect and experiment with the monoprinting process.

So you might decide to repeat a similar monoprint, changing the colour of paper or ink, or you might create a monoprint with different textured objects.

So pause the video here and give yourself enough time to do some reflecting and experimenting with the monoprinting process and press play when you are ready to continue.

How did you find that? What did you decide to change? Was it the colour of the paper or did you try some other textured objects? Well, maybe you included a monoprint on some different paper, like this orange paper here.

Maybe you used a range of different materials.

So you can see here, this new blue colour on the ink.

Maybe that looks a bit like a sponge, maybe used a material like a sponge to create a monoprint.

Well done for having a go at reflecting and experimenting through the monoprinting process.

And well done for completing that learning task.

Before we finish this lesson, let's summarise what we've learned about creating monoprinted papers using different textures and surfaces.

Artists can select a wide range of textures and surfaces with which to create monoprints.

Unlike other printmaking methods that make many copies, a monoprint creates just one unique print.

Artists can use monoprinting to create unique, creative works where textures, colours, and styles can vary greatly.

Thank you for joining me in this lesson today.

I hope to see you in the next one.

See you next time.