4/20/2024 3:34:24 AM	ART 27B Course Outline as of Fall 2013	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ART 27B	Title:  SILKSCREEN PRINTMKG
Full Title:  Silkscreen Printmaking
Last Reviewed:1/22/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	70.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	6.00			Contact Total	105.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 175.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Continued exploration of the silkscreen process as a fine art print medium.  Increased emphasis on individual projects at a more advanced level of sophistication.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of ART 27A

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Continued exploration of the silkscreen process as a fine art print medium.  Increased emphasis on individual projects at a more advanced level of sophistication.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of ART 27A
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1986	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1986	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

 

1.  Use a variety of stencil methods efficiently from the most direct to the highly technical.

2.  Create fine art prints that reflect a more personal vision and a higher level of technical competence.

3.  Demonstrate a personal direction of image-making, requiring greater skills and sophistication over a more sustained period of time.

4.  Exemplify the proper and safe use of printmaking materials and tools.

5.  Use printmaking terms and apply  an understanding of their meaning.

6.  Demonstrate an increasingly advanced understanding of form, color and composition, especially as it applies to printmaking and poster arts.

 

Repeating students will produce new designs each semester, building on both their skill level and knowledge of screen printing techniques.

Topics and Scope

I. Composition and Design Concerns

  A. Identification of image goals in project proposal

  B. Selection of appropriate subject matter and image evolution for screen printing

  C. Simplified translation and image distillation for working design concerns of contrast and clarity

  D. Screening pictorial components toward a desired interpretation

  E. Applying color theory via the mixing of opaque and transparent inks

II. Materials for Screen Printing and Presentation

  A. Utilizing and maintaining a print workstation

  B. Employing papers on board stock for required results

  C. Mixing, application, and storage of inks

  D. Solvent use and screen reclamation

  E. Affordable print presentation and curatorial materials for storage

III. Screen Printing Preparation

  A. Hand application techniques of masking with fluids

  B. Paper or acetate stencil work

  C. Printing methods of monotype with crayons or brush

  D. Darkroom or digitally originated photo materials and related processes for integration

IV. Printing Functions

  A. Colored ink mixing with advanced theory and sophistication

  B. Complex color registration and over-printing challenges

  C. Printing on affordable alternatives and archival stock rag papers

  D. Gradual blends, split foundation, and other nuanced approaches and variants

V. Print Presentation Methods and Storage

  A. Print drying

  B. Signing, numbering, and dating impressions

  C. Matting, floating and framing

  D. Boxing for storage

  E. Presentation for clients and galleries

VI. Repeating students will produce new designs each semester, building on both their skill level and knowledge of advanced screen printing techniques.

Assignments:

A. Below are some of the suggested processes and concepts students will be asked to choose from.  Subject matter may involve such things as self-portrait, landscape, still life, the figure, as well as non-objective compositional resolution.

      1.  Photographic posterization

      2.  Photostencil/progressive blockout combined

      3.  Photographic image restructured/rearranged

      4.  Full-color separations made digitally or by hand

      5.  Halftone dot and photo mechanical tonal process

      6.  Mechanical dot and pattern structures to develop pattern

      7.  Multi-registration or shifting registration overlaps

      8.  Hand application of color through stencils

      9.  Mixed-media combinations, hand coloring, collage, other printmaking process

      10. Color as content-color interaction/relativity-Josef Albers, et al.

      11. Modular or repeated form/image building, tiling

      12. Sequential or serial imagery

      13. Thematic variation of a subject

      14. Color transparency overlaps to build an image

      15. The print as a 3-dimensional object (shaped, folded, combined)

      16. The poster as a fine art print

 

B. Project proposals and revisions

 

C. Portfolio

 

D. Class participation in discussions, critiques, and shop maintenance

 

Students repeating screen printing will be expected to produce a portfolio with work of more personalized expression

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 10%
Project proposals
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 35 - 40%
Design development and preparations
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Execution of design and presentation of portfolio
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
Class participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

The Little Book of Screenprinting. Willamson, Caspar. Chronicle Books: 2011.

 

The Printmaking Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques. Hughes, Ann D'Arcy, and Vernon Morris, Hebe. Chronicle Books: 2008

 

Simple Silkscreening. Stromquist, Annie. Lark Books: 2004 (Classic)

 

Waterbased Silkscreen Today. Henning, Roni. Watson-Guptill Publications: 2006

 

Instructor prepared materials

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