Year 3 looked at perhaps the most famous animal print of all time, Albrecht Durers' Rhinoceros as well as a printmaker closer to home Australian master printmaker Rew Hanks. We discussed the patterning techniques, line and mark making and compositions of a selection of works. The fabulous young artists of TNPS then drafted ideas in their Visual Diaries. When they were happy with the results they used copper, gold and silver coloured tin sheets and with etching tools, etched their own animal images onto the plates. The plates were painted with either black ink or black paint. The gorgeous results speak for themselves!
steel wool and mounted them on black card.
Some closeup shots of the detail, design and composition.
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