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Bellwork - NO BELLWORK
Day 1 - Finish printing of last color
Day 2 - sign work and Self critique of final project

EQ: Why is it important to reflect on past work?
LG: We are learning the process of self critique and how it can affect our future work.

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Bellwork - NO BELLWORK

Day 1 - Carve out for saving of white
Day 2 - Carve out for saving of white
Day 3 - Do printing of first color

EQ: What makes a good print?

LG: We are learning to see how registration, ink thickness, clean jigs and good brayers can combine to affect the quality of a print.

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Bellwork - Week 18

Day 1 - Add 1 color and black lines & texture to sketch
Day 2 - Transfer sketch to linoleum and begin carving out white

EQ: Why is it important to not get too much ink on your brayer?
LG: We are learning how ink that is too thick affects the next layer of ink that is printed.

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Bellwork - Week 17

Day 1 - Finish Assembling Project 1 prints
Day 2 - Begin sketching idea for 6x8 Reduction Block print
Day 3 - Finish sketch and begin transferring image to linoleum

EQ: What can affect the coverage of ink on a brayer?
LG: We are learning the techniques for good ink coverage on the brayer to get a consistent amount of ink on the printing plate.

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Below is an opportunity to get your artwork published.

Submissions have been opened for art for an annual anthology, they are asking students to submit poetry and artwork through Submittable on their own. If you might be interested, submit your work!

Nebraska Writers Collective Press Submission Manager (submittable.com)

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Bellwork - Week 16
Day 1 - Make 6x8 printing jig
Day 2 - Demo registration marks, start printing of first color

EQ: Why are the registration marks important when adding more than 2 colors to a print?
LG: We are learning how registration marks and jigs help line up the plate so the colors are placed on top of each other. This reduces the chance of an out of registration double image.

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Bellwork - Week 15
Day 1 - Begin carving away the white areas
Day 2 - Finish carving away the white areas

EQ: Why do we carve the white areas away first?
LG: We are learning about the hierarchy of colors in print and the order the inks need to be printed.

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Bellwork - Week 14
Day 1 - Cut strips of different colors of block prints to assemble into a new design. Begin drawing 6x8 design for 3 color Reduction block print.
Day 2 -  Finish drawing 6x8 design for Reduction Block Print project. Transfer the design from tracing paper and label the 3 colors on the 6x8 Linoleum block - Reduction block print

EQ: How is Reduction Block print different from a standard Linoleum block print?
LG: We will be learning about the subtraction method of Linoleum block and how additional colors can be added to a block print.

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Bellwork - Week 13
Day 1 - Demo printing process, define Artist print. Students start print a series of 5 prints from the Linoleum block. Number print series on the back of paper!
Day 2 - Students finish 1st color printing. Add series number, Title & name to each of the 5 prints
Day 3 - Students do second color for 5 prints, then a blend of 2 colors for 5 prints.

EQ: Why is it important to get a smooth roll of ink onto the printing plate?
LG: We are learning the steps of printing a good print.

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Bellwork - Week 12
Day 1 - Finish carving linoleum
Day 2 - Demo making printing jig, students make their own jig

EQ: Why is it important to have a printing jig for the printing plate?
LG: We are learning how to set up a jig to produce well centered, clean prints.

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Bellwork - Week 11

1. Continue carving linoleum

2. Revisit safety instructions

EQ: Why is it important to keep your hands behind the carving blades when cutting curves?
LG: We are learning how to rotate the linoleum block safely to make smooth curved cuts.

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Bellwork - Week 10

1. Review safety with tools

2. Finish carving linoleum

EQ: Which blade is used for detail carving?
LG: We are learning which tools can be safely used to carve Linoleum blocks.

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Bellwork - Week 9

1. Do Day 3 Activity

2. Review safety with tools

3. Begin carving linoleum

EQ: Can carving on linoleum be dangerous?
LG: We are learning safe carving techniuqes when working with Linoleum block tools.

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Bellwork - Week 8

1. Do the Column 1 Activity - step 6 - begin sketch for 1 color print

2. Do the Column 6 - Day 2 activity - Transfer image to the Linoleum block

3. Add sharpie marker to the parts that you want to print.

EQ: Why do you want your sketch on your linoleum block?
LG: We will be transferring the sketch to the linoleum block.

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1. Bellwork - Week 7
Day 1
1. Begin Printmaking Project 2 - introduction
2. Do the Column 1 Activity - steps 1-5
3. Post notes to Padlet

Day 2
1. Do the Column 1 Activity - step 6 - begin sketch for 1 color print

EQ: What is Printmaking?
LG: We will be learning about Linoleum Block printmaking and the similarites & differences from other types of printmaking.

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Bellwork - Week 6

Finish scratchboard project

EQ: How do you blend shadows and highlights in a scratchboard?
LG: We will be adding hatching & crosshatching to blend the values of our scratchboard.

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It is a fun way to find animals at random. I was looking for a tool like this online, and while there are some that already exist they do not have any images to go along with the names.

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Bellwork - Week 5

Continue using tools to add mid-tones using scratchboard techniques

EQ: How do you add value to a scratchboard?
LG: We will be adding hatching & crosshatching to define the mid-tones of our scratchboard.

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Bellwork - Week 4

1. Demo taping outlined images onto scratchboard

2. Demo chalking back side of outlined images

3. Begin using the tools to define the highlights first

EQ: Why is it important to have a guided outline while doing a scratchboard?
LG: We will understand how a guided outline is necessary when doing a scratchboard.

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Watch video of Georges Seurat

Sketch - fun sketch for Bellwork Week 3 - Day 1

Answer and Post the 4 bullet points for - Bellwork Week 3 - Day 1

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Bellwork - Week 3

1. Begin sketching ouline of instrument on white tracing paper.

2. Demo taping outlined images onto scratchboard

3. Demo chalking back side of outlined images

4. Begin using the tools to define the highlights first

EQ: Why is it important to have a guided outline while doing a scratchboard?
LG: We will understand how a guided outline is necessary when doing a scratchboard.

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1. Bellwork - Week 2

2. Introduce Scratchboard project - column 1.

3. Scratchboard techniques: split paper 4 ways and make 4 spheres using - Hatching, crosshatching, stippling, scumbling

4. Cover artist Sally Maxwell and coloring techniques - column 5

5. Take photos of instruments using Rule of 3rds.

EQ: Why is the Rule of 3rd important?
LG: We will be learning to make a composition using the Rule of 3rds for a stonger, more interesting image for our scratchboard.

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1. Bellwork - Week 1 - Day 1 only. Choose which sketch you want to complete. Post in the Turn In tab in Teams.

2. Go through History of Scratchboard PowerPoint - column 1

3. Introduce tools - column 2

4. Sketch of sphere using white charcoal pencil on black paper - column 3

5. Using the Scratchboard tool, create 4 spheres - one with each technique listed.

EQ: How is scratchboard different from pen & ink?
LG: We will be learning to use scraping tools on scratchboard to take away the top inked surface while leaving the white clay and supporting paper undamaged.