Printmaking: Watermarks
Term 1 - Term 4
Printmaking: Watermarks
Learn the techniques of Gelli printing and foam carving, drawing from the colours, patterns, shapes and textures found in aquatic environments. Inspired by Ken Done’s Reef Paintings in the exhibition, Ken Done: No Rules and Henri Matisse’s large-scale print, Océanie, le ciel (Oceania, the sky) showing as part of A Bigger View. This workshop draws further inspiration from Lisa Sorbie Martins’ ‘Saltwater Heart’ exhibition which promises patterns from nature and unique connections to water.
Using multiple prints to create repetition, layering and variation we will focus on colour, composition and basic block shapes to create joyful, enigmatic, memory-based reflections on the flora and fauna of the ocean and waterways.
Please Note: This workshop commences on 7 March 2026.
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#Inquiry
‣ How can simple bold shapes be layered and repeated to create visual interest?
‣ What is the role of experimentation and “accident” in the creative process?
‣ How can multiple printmaking techniques be combined to create complex compositions?
‣ How can the same print be rendered in different inks and used in different ways to produce strikingly different results?
‣ What is the value in engaging with printmaking as opposed to drawing or painting?
#Links to Curriculum
Visual Arts F-10: Exploring & responding, developing practices and skills, Creating and making, Presenting and performing
Visual Arts 11 & 12 Unit 1: Art as lens, Unit 2: Art as code, Unit 3: Art as knowledge, Unit 4: Art as alternate
Visual Arts in Practice 11 & 12: Unit Option A: Looking Inwards (Self), Unit Option B: Looking Outward (Others)
Design & Technologies F-10 Technologies and society, Technologies context: Materials and technologies specialisations, Evaluating
General Capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Personal and Social Capability, Literacy
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