Essential Questions: How does art expand our thinking?
Content Objective. . . Students will able to understand the concept of etching and how the importance of negative and positive space in a composition Language Objectives . . .Students will create a scratchboard artwork of an animal using the elements of line and value. |
Scratchboard or scraperboard (as it is known as in Europe) is a direct form of engraving/etching which originated in the UK and Europe in the 19th century prior to the introduction of modern photographic techniques and was used as a less expensive alternative to other engraving/etching substrates such as metal - copper and steel plating; woodcuts, linocuts, etc; and could be photographically reproduced in smaller formats without losing too much detail.
Scratchboard was used widely for scientific illustration ie: botanical, zoological, anatomical; in maps, and product advertising illustration in magazines, newspapers, and books . . . The very first scraperboards originally consisted of cardboard or other stiff paper coated with chalk or china clay. Scraperboards used during the 1930's were white with no ink coating. http://animalfineartbycheryl-ann.com/index.asp?ID=26 |
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Directions
Research For this project you will create a scratch art piece of an animal. Your research will consist of two parts. First, you will be looking at scratchboard art/artist, and then you will select an animal for your final piece. Keep in mind the following things when you research your animal.
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Final Design Rough Draft
Scratchboard Work
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Looking for more stye ideas . . . Google printmaking images to see art created by carving into wood or linoleum blocks to be printed with ink. Since both of these techniques involve a surface that material is removed, many of the design ideas can be transferred to scratchboard. |
Texture Experiments
Each student will be provided a 2"x2" piece of scratchboard to try scratching. Use different tools like a thumb tack, X-acto knife, and the scratch tool. Also try hatching, cross hatching, dashes and dots. Create a small value scale using a texture that gets darker and darker. Have an are that is totally scratched out. See the example to the left that shows what your piece practice piece may look like. It does not need to look exactly the same or need to be labeled. |