Mixed media printing: combining traditional and modern methods
I can create a mixed media print that combines traditional printmaking techniques with digital overlays.
- Year 11
Mixed media printing: combining traditional and modern methods
I can create a mixed media print that combines traditional printmaking techniques with digital overlays.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Mixed media printing integrates traditional methods (e.g. monoprint, collagraph) with modern digital techniques.
- Printmaking benefits from both traditional techniques and digital edits through digital overlays and refinement.
- Mixed media approaches encourage creativity, problem-solving, and new ways of working.
Keywords
Monoprint - a unique print made by drawing or inking on a surface and pressing onto paper
Collagraph - a print created using a textured collage plate
Digital overlay - adding computer-generated imagery or text onto a traditional print
Mixed media - combining more than one artistic medium within a single artwork
Common misconception
Digital tools replace traditional printmaking.
Digital tools enhance traditional methods by expanding creative possibilities - neither replaces the other.
Equipment
Printing inks, rollers, roller tray. Paper, card. Collage materials (fabric, textured card, string). Computer digital art software. Scanner or camera for digitising prints. Scissors, glue.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the term to its definition.
