ART.-235 Printmaking I

Credits 3 / 6 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 080; Minimum 2.0 in ART.-132. Note: ART. 113 and ART. 114 strongly recommended.
Intaglio printing and methods and techniques; hard and soft-ground etching aquatint lift-ground and dry-point used monochromatically in the first semester to achieve small editions of prints. Color printing and non-traditional techniques are introduced in the second semester. Increasing emphasis in the ensuing semesters on the further enhancement of both traditional and non-traditional technical skills and on developing individual directions through the use of the several intaglio media.