Reduction Prints

Process – Planning/Research

• Procedures:• Class introduction to Reduction Prints – PowerPoint• Background, Middle Ground, Foreground – Discussion PowerPoint, Group research• Photograph to work from (foreground, middle and background)• Sketch ideas/plans & work from resource photo – Individual work• Draw plan as a contour drawing (actual size) – Individual work• Transfer to linoleum block – Individual work• Paint plan on lino block (acrylic paint) 2 colors and black – Individual work• Carve away everything that will remain white and print the lightest color –

Individual work• Cut away everything that is the lightest color and print (registration) – continue

process until all layers are printed. – Individual work• Sign your edition – Individual work• Class Critique – Group Discussion

Process – creating prints

1. Cut away everything that will remain white.2. Print the linoleum with the lightest color. Print all

prints and extras.3. Cut away everything that will be the lightest color.4. Print on top of the previous prints with the middle

color.5. Cut away everything that will be the medium color.6. Print on top of the previous prints with the darkest

color.

Process in Visuals

Example of printing lightest color first

Process in Visuals

Registration

• In order for colors to print directly on top of one another , we use a registration process

• The linoleum is placed in the center cut out and the paper is lined up with white corner lines.

You will need to print more than enough prints to allow for registration problems.

Color number two – darker green

Then cut away all of the dark green

Print Color Three

Cut away everything but color four.

•Print the forth, or last color on all prints.

•Often the last color is black

Color Plan

Natalia Moroz

Foreground, Middle Ground, Background

Foreground, Middle Ground, Background

Simple composition

How could this be different?

Complicated composition

Anthony Frasconi

PhotographyForeground, Middle, Background