Print Making

Today I want to talk about print making because I am still considering whether to opt for print making or western painting as my major. Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable of producing multiples of the same piece, which is called a print. The first print maker that I actually know of his work was Hokusai. ''The Great Wave Off Kanagawa'' is an internationally recognized woodblock print by Japanese painter/printmaker; Hokusai. Between the 17th-20th centuries, a genre of Japanese woodblock prints/paintings produced featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre and pleasure quarters was known as ukiyo-e. In my opinion printmaking is more interesting as compared to western painting, but painting is less tedious and more flexible than making prints.