REDUCTION BLOCKS: Design for Block Prints (Art 3)

for the Unit: Reduction Block Printing

Strong, interesting design planned; subject has fine arts appeal w/personal interpretation; complex shapes; good art principles shown.

Appropriate subject for design; well planned spatially; generally good shapes with opportunities for good texture cutting.

Adaquate design; could be more imaginative in form; placement may be static; subject could be more complex in nature.

Subject not really unusual in concept or display; size and placement of shapes need more thought.

REDUCTION BLOCKS: Texture Cutting

for the Unit: Shape and Shading

Very good texture cuts fitting shape contours; controlled cutting demonstrating shading, movement and diversity for color printing.

Generally very good texture cutting; most fit the contours; some cuts may be unnecessarily deep or too shallow for color printing; perhaps more variety/changes needed for the forms designed.

Not enough textured areas to separate the forms; may be too much of the same texture or too much texture which lose the shapes.

Shapes too few/small for format size; too much empty background; not enough opportunity within the shapes to demonstrate good texture forming.

REDUCTION BLOCKS: Ink/Color Application

for the Unit: Color Printing

Excellent color blending varieties; strong light/dark contrasts; 3 color line-ups very well done.

Some color areas vague--not enough ink applied; more experimentation could be done with brayer blending;

Color applications too solid in values--more color variety and mixes needed; some spaces not inked enough; some layers off center.

Some effort at color control but edges not in line; applications too light; not all color prints and methods done.

REDUCTION BLOCKS: Quality of Prints

Excellent print variety of color experiments; sharp/clear prints; layers matched up very well; color choices enhanced the subject well; all print methods demonstrated.

Most prints done very well; colors present the cut layers well; may be too much of the darkest (last) value; all print methods demonstrated.

Most prints done well; some corners not matching; may have too much of the same color; more color diversity needed; not all print methods demonstrated.

Print group has several flaws: missed areas, too light ink application; cuts not completed; too few prints; not all print methods demonstrated.