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Fine Arts · Year 2 · 3 credit hours · 16 sessions

Relief Printing (Monotype and Color)

This course focuses on relief printmaking with an emphasis on monotype, color layering, and experimental surface techniques. Students learn carving, inking, registration, color blending, and creating expressive prints through single and multi-layer processes.

§ 01 By the end you can
  1. Demonstrate carving, inking, and printing techniques for relief and monotype.
  2. Produce single-color and multi-color prints with accurate registration.
  3. Use color blending, overlays, and textural effects creatively.
  4. Apply experimental monotype approaches for painterly printmaking.
  5. Create finished prints with strong composition, contrast, and technique.
§ 02 Sixteen sessions

The whole semester.

  1. 01Introduction to Relief Printing & Monotype
  2. 02Tools, Materials & Block Preparation
  3. 03Carving Techniques & Safety Practices
  4. 04Transferring Designs onto Blocks
  5. 05Inking Methods for Monochrome Prints
  6. 06Hand Printing & Pressure Control
  7. 07Introduction to Monotype: Additive & Subtractive Methods
  8. 08 · MidtermPainterly Monotype Techniques
  9. 09Color Layering & Multi-Block Approaches
  10. 10Registration Methods for Multi-Color Prints
  11. 11Creating Depth with Overlays & Blends
  12. 12Texture Techniques & Experimental Surfaces
  13. 13Contrast, Composition & Print Design
  14. 14Editioning, Numbering & Documentation
  15. 15Print Trimming, Finishing & Presentation
  16. 16Final Multi-Color Relief/Monotype Project

Midterm around session 8. Final project briefed at session 8 or 9 and developed in stages until the juries.

§ 03 Final project

Students will create a series of relief and monotype prints demonstrating color, texture, and compositional strength.

Deliverables

  1. A series of 3 multi-color relief prints.
  2. A series of 3 monotype prints.
  3. Presentation of prints with notes on process and registration methods.

How it’s judged

§ 04 Watch first
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