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ARTR 346 Intro to Relief Printing
Woodcut, linoleum cut methods, single-and-multiple-color techniques of reduction cut, multiple blocks, stencils, and registration principles. Emphasis personal imagery development and technical skills. Prereqs: 2 terms of ART 233

ARTR 347 Intro to Intaglio
Students will learn all fundamental techniques used in intaglio printmaking on copper plates including: etched line, aquatint, soft ground, white ground, sugar-lift, dry point, scraping, burnishing and engraving. Students will also express their own visual ideas in their etchings, learning to develop personal images with attention to image, content, value and composition. The experience of drawing is fundamental to the course. Prereqs: ART 233

ARTR 410/510 Experimental Screenprinting
Exploration of unorthodox imaging approaches with screenprint. Monotypes, mixed media, and other permutations of stencil printing will be emphasized.
Prerequisites: 1 term screenprinting or equivalent.

ARTR 446/546 Intermediate/Advanced Relief and Intaglio Relief printing emphasizes color techniques, chine colle', wood engraving, monotype, relief etching, and woodcut. Intaglio includes color methods with multiple plates, a la poupee, and photo processes. Focuses on personal imagery development.
Prerequisites ARTR 346 or 347

ARTR 448/548 Screenprinting
Clarification and maturation os student's personal artistic direction is the aim. Inventiveness, imaginativeness, and analytical skills are fostered with that aim in mind. Prerequisites ARTR 348 or equivalent.
Open to all students with priority to majors.

ARTR 449/549 Lithography
The intermediate level of litho includes introduction to planning and executing work in multiple colors, as well as other techniques building upon material introduced at the beginning level. It is assumed that persons making a commitment of this kind have begun to find a personal direction and creative momentum in their work.
Prerequisites ARTR 349, ART 233