Printmaking-lesson 1

Last weeks lesson I started a new workshop-Printmaking. I will be doing this one for another four weeks, like sculpture.
My initiative thoughts on the subject were slightly more possitive to the ones I had in Sculpture. I had had a bit more experience in the subject, and more positive experience at that.
Because of the short amount of time we have in the lessons, I didnt get round to actually doing any printmaking this week. Im hoping next lesson will be more practical and hands-on. But for now, we learnt about the tools available, as well as the presses, and what different materials we can use. Then we looked at some previous students work, to get a gasp on what different techniques can be achieved in printmaking. It ws very impressive stuff, not to mention slightly intimidating. But I think everyone is pretty much fairly equal in our group, and it will be a learning curve for us all.
We have been told to come in for next lesson with a vauge idea of what we might like to start on e.g. some initial ideas. I know that it has been hinted that it is always good for students to carry on with their ideas from the previous workshops we have been in, and to carry the ideas through into all the workshops. The only problem is I am finding that quite hard to do. I dont really want to make prints of guns, and I have actually come up with a new idea already of what I might like to do, which is further than I got in the previous workshop. I have decided to take some portrait pictures of my family and if possible, perhaps start some lino prints in the next lesson, working from the pictures I take. So thats my plan, hopefully its a good one!