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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.
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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.
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To help you plan your year 11 art and design lesson on: Mixed media printing: combining traditional and modern methods, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
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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.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the term to its definition.
a print made by drawing or inking on a surface and pressing onto paper
a print created using a textured collage plate
adding computer-generated imagery or text onto a traditional print