(suggested  answers  are  in  blue)  

Relief  Printmaking  Quiz       Name:  _____________________________    1.  Please  define  the  following  printmaking  terms:    

1. Brayer:  Also  called  a  roller.  The  tool  that  puts  ink  onto  the  woodblock.    

2. Woodblock:  The  piece  of  wood  you  are  carving  on.  Your  image  surface.    

3. Printmaking:  Medium  of  artwork  where  multiple  copies  can  be  made.    

4. Token:  Tool  in  relief  printing  which  the  person  presses  against  the  printing  paper  when  printing  their  woodblock.    

5. Relief  printmaking:  Form  of  printmaking  where  the  composition  being  printed  has  been  carved  away  or  added  to,  and  then  inked  and  printed  to  create  an  image.    2.  Please  describe  the  printmaking  process  for  a  one-­‐color  relief  print  (may  be  bullets  or  numbered  steps).  

1. Cut  woodblock  to  appropriate  size.  2. Paint  woodblock  on  side  to  be  carved  with  black  tempera  paint.  3. Carve  image  with  carving  tools.    4. Cut  down  paper  to  needed  size  (optional  answer).  5. Ink  brayer  and  roll  onto  woodblock.  6. Lay  paper  on  top  of  inked  woodblock.  7. Press  token  all  over  the  back  of  the  paper  to  adhere  ink  to  the  paper.  8. Pull  paper  off  woodblock.  9. Put  print  on  drying  rack.  

 3.  Write  down  two  noteworthy  printmaking  advancements  (can  be  an  artist,  a  developed  process/  technique,  etc.)  from  the  power  point  given  in  class.      May  include,  but  not  limited  to:     -­‐lithography,  intaglio/etching,  woodcut  to  linoleum,  facts/advancements     -­‐hand-­‐printing  to  printing  press,  newspaper  and  type  printing,  using  transfer     sheets,  screen  printing,     -­‐began  in  China,  Egypt       -­‐Pablo  Picasso,  Albert  Durer,  Felix  Vallotton,  etc.