Introduction
Kia Ora Everybody, Today I will be blogging about what we’ve been doing for the first few weeks of school in Art. I will also be talking a bit about Ben Reid who is a big topic for this art lesson such as why Ben Reid was an important Print maker here in New Zealand and how his art connects to the things humans make to the Natural New Zealand Landscape. Then I will talk about our class’s first project featuring print making, after is reflection.
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Who is Ben Reid and why is he such a significant print maker here in New Zealand?
Here is an Example of his Art:
Ben Reid is a man, born in Otautahi/ Christchurch, New Zealand, an artist who is famous for the work he does by producing both original print and mixed media.
It’s because of how he shows his art to the world. He mixes together specific references that show local environmental qualities which could be historical with wider appreciation for the conservation movement. They show gentle reminders that here in New Zealand, there are many fragile features in the New Zealand Environment.
His art connects to the Natural New Zealand Landscape by focusing on the native species which could be vulnerable and endangered, ecological histories, and the impact that the humans have for intervening with the life of nature.
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Here is my own work as a practice print
Steps:
We got our inspirations from Ben Reid’s Site and we were told to pick one, soon after we were given was simply just a milk carton and after drawing it onto the milk carton by Lumo graph pencil to draw them in so that we’d know what to outline using a steel scribe. Then after detailing it a little more by scratching some of that foil off to make some going a bit deeper than the original lines made by the scribe and we were really okay about it then we headed straight to inking it.
Using Oil-based paint, we covered the whole milk carton, covering it but made sure we took off some of the excess paint so that ot wouldn’t come out as dark after it was stamped onto our slightly wet but dried paper, then using cotton buds we created highlights to the parts where we wanted it to have a little shine. After those little details were added, we ran it through the printing-press and that’s all.
Reflection:
I connected my ideas in this print to the environmental themes in Bed Reid’s Art.