Syllabus
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Course Code: MFA-G-302 Course Name: Composition |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Printmaking emphasis on composition and individual technique working in all the following mediums. (a) Relief Process i. Selection of Materials, preparation of surface for various textures. ii. Preparing design and transferring on selected materials, cutting of material and preparing the printing surface. iii. Printing of prepared block. Determine registration for printing of editions. iv. All the procedures for printmaking (preparation of matrix and printing technique) for:a) monochrome and polychrome linocut; b) monochrome and polychrome woodcut; c) wood engraving – facsimile and white engraving; d) Oriental orJapanese woodcut technique – printing with water-based inks; c) planning editions and the organization of the printing of editions. |
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| 2 | (b) Intaglio Process i. Selection of materials preparations and application of dry and liquid grounds. Study of various chemicals and mordents. ii. Preparation of composition on plate with various experiments for textural and tonal values. Different techniques like Dry Point, Aquatint, Mazzotint, Etching, Engraving, Photo Etching etc. iii. Printing techniques such as viscosity. iv. All procedure for printmaking of: a) monochrome and polychrome etching (single phase and multiphase etching); b) monochrome and polychrome mezzotint (on a roughened plate, on an etching raster, an aquatint raster, on a sandpaper raster); c)monochrome and polychrome aquatint (single phase or multiphase etching); d)6monochrome and polychrome reservage – sugar aquatint (open etching and tonal etching). |
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| 3 | (c) Lithography (Planography) i. Preparation of surface, polished and fine grained experiments with line, tone and texture. ii. Understanding the chemical properties of Litho surface Printing iii. All the lithograph techniques (according to Senefelder): a) chalk; b)Indian ink – brush and pen; c) wash; d) reservage and spraying; e) litho-mezzotint; f) polychrome lithograph (from 4 to 12 colours); g) offset lithography (Tamarind process). |
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| 4 | (d) Screen Printing i. Preparations of Screen, Selection of various grades of Nylon, cloth and stretching of cloth. ii. Preparation of design by paper stencil, direct method and Indirect Method. iii. Printing & Registration for one and multi colour printing. iv. All procedures for the hand-making of the stencil (pochoir) and all the procedures with photosensitive emulsion in the silkscreen technique (reproduction photography) –monochrome and polychrome silk screens |
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| 5 | (e) Mixed Media i. Experiments with combined graphic techniques and mediums. |
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