Printmaking Day!

This week in computers we did something totally new and unlike I had ever done before. We silkscreened prints that we created in Illustrator the week before onto different types of paper. I made an image of the Statue of Liberty which I took apart and changed to have a more appealing quality. I was so interested in the process of silkscreen printmaking especially since I am taking it as an elective next year. It was so much fun and very different from our usual computer class. I especially liked how each image is created perfectly on the printed source. The first print I did was of the magenta color on a blue tissue paper that had a spotted pattern to it. I was able to get a purple color also where the magenta interacted with the blue. The next two I printed on vintage war posters. I thought this theme would be appropriate since I was using a deconstructed image of the Statue of Liberty. I absolutely loved the range of colors I received from printing, especially on the black poster, on which I was able to get a light orange, red orange, and green. On the magenta print on top I was able to get a purple from the pink laying on top of the blue. Overall this was an awesome learning experience about a type of art I was always interested in but never had the opportunity to explore.