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- 2. His Life ● Hokusai was born in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan in 1760. ● He became interested in drawing at the age of 5. ● As a young man he worked as a clerk in a bookshop. ● At 15 he worked as an apprentice to a wood- block engraver
- 7. His Work ● Hokusai specialized in woodcut prints of landscapes and famous actors of his time. This type of art is called Ukiyo- e which means “pictures of floating worlds” ● Woodcut Printing is a “relief” printing technique where an artist creates an image using wood by carving lines into a flat piece of wood. The carved wood is then covered with ink, pressed onto a paper and lifted off to expose the image. ● His famous work is a print series called Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which features his most recognizable The Great Wave and Fine Wind, Clear Morning.
- 12. Printmaking is a very old form of art. There are many types of printmaking that you may know, including using wood stamps pressed in a inkpad and stamped on paper, screen printing is used to add words or images on t-shirts, Another form of printmaking is using a household object like a lego block or toilet paper roll, dipping it in paint and stamping on a paper. Even using a stencil is form of printmaking. What household objects could use to carve into or stamp to create an image on a surface like paper? What kind of image do you think it will form? Respond on Schoology with a typed response or record yourself speaking. Have fun!
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- Hakusai, Woodcut Printmaker His Life Hakusai was born in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan in 1760. He became interested in drawing at the age of 5. As a young man he worked as a clerk in a bookshop. At 15 he worked as an apprentice to a wood-block engraver His Work Hakusai specialized in woodcut prints of landscapes and famous actors of his time. This type of art is called Ukiyo-e which means “pictures of floating worlds” Woodcut Printing is a “relief” printing technique where an artist creates an image using wood by carving lines into a flat piece of wood. The carved wood is then covered with ink, pressed onto a paper and lifted off to expose the image. His famous work is a print series called Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, which features his most recognizable The Great Wave and Fine Wind, Clear Morning. Printmaking is a very old form of art. There are many types of printmaking that you may know, including using wood stamps pressed in a inkpad and stamped on paper, screen printing used to add words or images on items made of fabrics such as t-shirt, even using a hold-hold object like a lego block or toilet paper roll, dipping it in paint and stamping on a paper. Even using a stencil is form of printmaking. What household objects could use to carve into or stamp to create an image on a surface like paper? What kind of image do you think it will form?