DP419 : Screen printing II

Department

Department of Fine and Applied arts

Academic Program

Bachelor in Graphic Design

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

DP318

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge & understanding

  • To familiarize the student with the technical methods in the art of silk screen printing.
  • The student's knowledge of the variables and relationships of the executive steps and their impact on the success of the printed work.
  • An understanding of artistic methods and their impact on the creative process.
  • The student's understanding of the effect achieved by silk screen art on the artistic painting.
  • The student's understanding of the aesthetic values resulting from the art of hand printing by silk screen.

Mental skills

  • That the student distinguish between technical and artistic methods.
  • The student analyzes and evaluates the typography and identifies its weaknesses and defects.
  • The flexible fatty ability to combine contradictions such as the old and the modern or the traditional and the unconventional and the synthesis between them.
  • The art of hand-printing by silk screen develops students' creative and unconventional thinking skills.
  • The ability to interpret the visual appearance of the artwork by referring it to the materials used from which it was generated.

Practical & professional skills

  • The student acquires the skills of controlling the executive steps of silk screen printing and not leaving anything to chance.
  • Use appropriate tools and materials to obtain results commensurate with his artistic ideas.
  • Gaining skills in dealing with manual printing problems and proposing solutions in a scientific way and implementing them.
  • The skill of using the aesthetic foundations in the composition of the print work.
  • The student's acquisition of artistic skills through direct drawing and his awareness of details such as shapes, colors, textures and relationships.

Generic and transferable skills

  • The art of silkscreen printing gives the student the opportunity to research, experiment and be creative.
  • To be able to make quick sketches of artistic ideas.
  • Communication and ability to group discussion and exchange information to solve problems.
  • To be able to use the means of modern technology in the work of artistic composition.

Teaching and learning methods

  • Theoretical and practical lectures, using the means of explanation.
  • Ask questions for response and understanding.
  • Homework + quick exercises, written, practical and oral exams.