PRINTMAKING (Practical)

Paper Code: 
25DVAP505
Credits: 
06
Contact Hours: 
90.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the students to Handle different printmaking materials of Lithography and Etching technique which involves grinding, drawing, gumming, etching, rolling and printing. The student will learn to get proper contrast negatives and positive shapes, which will be composed in their prints.

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning Outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25DVAP

505

Printmaking (Practical)

CO23: Prepare and develop layouts according to the medium they choose which include etching and lithography.

 

CO24: Present and arrange their submission work which showcases proper contrast of light and dark in their compositional print.

 

CO25: Summarize and defend their point of making the work along with proper application of the printmaking process of etching/ lithography.

 

CO26: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion,

Ideation, Tutorials, Assignments, Brainstorming, Demonstration

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-Learning Assignments, Giving Tasks, Visualization, Experimenting, Sketching to Learn, Free Exploration, Focused Exploration.

COURSE CONTENT:

 

Submission:   2 works in Etching in B/W (Minimum 8”X10”)

                        2 woodcut colours (12”X18”)

20 figurative layouts

5 sketches of composition per day

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Reddy, Krishna, New ways of color printmaking: signification of materials ,5 Feb 2009

Rc Pubns, Prints Regional Design Annual, 1995, 1 Jan 1995

References: 
  1. Margaret Timmers, Impression of the 20th century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A Collection ,1 October 2001
  2. Goyal Amita raj, historical and technical development & innovative practices of printmaking in India book

 

E-Resources:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYJUEmEvfZw
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKyC4DcDu1E
  3. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/research/programmes/early-history-of-mezzotint/#:~:text=The%20distinctive%20printmaking%20technique%20of,rocker%20used%20in%20mezzotint%20proper.
  4. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/m/mezzotint

 

 

 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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