Printmaking Blog - Day 2

One of the important reasons why printmaking was invented so people can communicate from long distances. Johannes Gutenberg was the first person to introduce printing to Europe. It allowed for people to make multiple copies of one. This was people were able to expand news. People all around the world were now able to here from distant areas. 

When I shop for home decor I usually go for a modern look. To me modern has a very small color pallet. For example, black, white, grey and tan. So for the image I chose consisted of black and white. This way there is contrast and postive/negative space. Giving it an aesthetically pleasing look. In the image there is also fading. The fading makes it different because I know there was a different technique involved in order to make the image. 

I notice that art has different meanings. For example, some artist focus on certain techniques- point perspective, positive/negative space. art isn't just coloring. There is music also involved with art. I always wondered how artist come up with such unique ideas. Personally I have a hard time coming up with something of my own. What if printmaking was never discovered ? How would people communicate? There would have not been books, newspaper, signs, etc.