Out of the Ordinary - An Arts Award Bronze Course in Printmaking Techniques.- Tutor Roisin Keown

Printmaking Techniques Course - Supported by the Arts Council
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Following on from the painting techniques course,. the selected year 9 and 10 pupils (ages 13-15) at Oasis Academy, King William Street in Salford, were offered this printmaking techniques course by Roisin Keown.

Roisin Keown is a recent graduate of Manchester Metropolitan School of Art, who specialises in painting.. She makes gigantic paintings using a technique, which consists of painting stretched calico with an oil-based primer, so that the surface is extremely smooth, and she allows it to dry thoroughly before use.  To make her paintings she uses a wide variety of scrapers, and tools to spread oil paint onto this smooth surface.  The effects which are realised are of the elements, the weather, storms, rivers, and clouds..
Truly breathtaking!

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Deutsch: Roisin Keown, Malerin, kommt aus Nordirland. Sie war Studentin in Manchester, und sie malt zuhause und lehrt auch an der Schule.

Im Jahre 2015 unternahmen12 Studentinnen einen Kurs von mehreren Arten der Kunst.  Das war etwas sehr anspruchsvoll  fuer solche Kinder und Jugendliche, da sie nach dem Schultag noch ein Paar Stunden weiter machen mussten.  Dies geschah ueber einen Zeitraum von zehn Wochen, fuer zwei Nachmittagen pro Woche.

Español: En 2015 las jovenes estudiantes de la Academia de Oasis en Salford, Manchester han participado en numerosas actividades artísticas apoyadas por el Consejo de las Artes de Inglaterra.

Français: De jeunes étudiantes de l'Académie d'Oasis à Salford ont travaillées dur pour parvenir à leurs Arts Award Bronze.

Polski:  Kurs został zaprojektowany z dwunastu młodych nastoletnich uczniów w umyśle. Każdego tygodnia będą 4 godziny kursów: wire rzeźby, malarstwa i proste drukowanie,, needlecraft , animowany/akcja rysunek rysunek i, wreszcie, jubilerstwo.

Twelve pupils were selected to take part in this project supported by the Arts Council, whereby five tutors delivered eight hours' tuition over a fortnight each.  The course was ten weeks in duration but the pupils also found that, in order to achieve the Arts Award, they would have to complete their portfolios, and include evidence of their experiences during the course.  

These printmaking sessions took place in the second week of Roisin Keown's teaching.

The pupils were shown a demonstration by Roisin of various printmaking techniques.  Poster paint was used, as this gives a similar effect to printing inks,  but dries a little quicker, so fast action is required.

Paint is rolled into a tray until well spread out. A piece of paper is placed onto the rolled paint and an image can be drawn with a pointed object, such as a pencil.  Pencil is a good choice as the image is unlikely to be duplicated if another image is required to be drawn on the same paper.  The pupils were drawing images of, amongst other things, ordinary objects, based on the exhibition Out of the Ordinary - Works by Colin Rodney Burrows.

Another method the pupils were shown was to draw images in the rolled paint and to lay a piece of paper on the top of the image and to apply even pressure with a roller. This is called monoprinting..

After being shown these methods, the pupils made numerous prints, not always adhering to the methods demonstrated, but also inventing some of their own.  They later used some of these prints as backgrounds for their drawings and entries in their portfolios, which are to be submitted for Arts Award Bronze.