Printmaking Techniques: woodcut, silkscreen, intaglio, engraving, dry point, sugar lifts, aquatints, etc...
Etching (what you carve out will print b/c ink will stay in the grooves) Relief (what you carve out will remain white)
For younger students: try potato/sponge painting, hand prints, marble paper (using shaving cream and food coloring), etc....
For middle-aged students: try Styrofoam blocks, food trays, or printmaking (using an embroidery hoop, cheese cloth, and tempera paint mixed with flour), etc....
For older students: try linoleum block printing (enforce safety) or silk screens (could make them out of material shower curtains, Modge Podge (or contact/freezer paper), frames), etc..... ..
then we looked at the Instrumentalist Theory & ate carrots and healthy muffins to enforce the theory that we eat carrots for the nutritional values as opposed to for the taste or pleasure of it, so the theory says that art is good art if it has a value/teaches us something as opposed to is just 'pretty' or 'fun' to look at. *pentimenti: the mistakes or structure left under the work of art **also, remember to concider the artist/learning environment of your classroom (what will you put up on your walls? displays?)
Shaving Cream and Food Coloring:
Directions:
Get a cutting board
Put it on top of newspaper (to make clean up easier)
Put about 1/2" of shaving cream on to the cutting board
Take different colors of food coloring and drip a few dots randomly around the shaving cream
Take a fork and pull it through the colors in different directions
Put a thicker type of paper on the top
Push down
Left up and wipe excess shaving cream off, to create a marbled paper
Print Making: (with potato, and Styrofoam cut-in)
Comment by Kim Brown
I would love to have my students go look through some picture books that use a printing or graphic technique in their illustrations and ask them how they think the artist went through that process and why they may have chosen this certain technique for this story. I would love to go into printmaking when discussing the history of literature, the invention of the printing press (and the impacts that had on religion, politics, etc.), and how innovation in printing has transformed history.
Comment by Kim Brown
also, to go more into the instrumentalist theory, I would love to take a time period in history that we are studying and show how art tried to teach people to make change (such as civil rights movement, etc.) OR even just flip through their science textbook and show how the illustrations, the art, helps us learn and is trying to teach us something
Comment by Brooke Stevenson
I think it would be fun to use prints while learning about the ocean and underwater animals. The students could marble paper using blue, purple, and green food coloring in shaving cream. Then they could make potato stamps of different sea creatures and stamp their marbled paper to make an ocean scene. It could also be used to teach about warm and cool colors. Cool colors could be used to make the water of the ocean and then warm colors could be used to stamp the sea creatures.
Comment by Tiffany Baum
I really enjoyed class on Monday. I have always enjoyed print making, I remember cutting the potatoes when I was in elementary school and making different things. I would ask the students to bring something from there house (forks, knives, spoons, sponges, wire, etc...) making sure that they ask there parents first. Than we would print make book marks with using every day items to make cool designs. I would have them take two or three shapes, and see how many different designs they can come up with.
Comment by Amanda Morgan
Monday's class was by far my favorite! I loved every activity we did! I could really see myself applying what I learned and teaching it to children. And they would love it just as much! I really like how we did different stations with different projects. I think for elementary students though, I would break it up into days. For example one day we would do print making, another would be the marble paper, etc. It would be interesting to see the designs and shapes that the students would come up with during the marble painting or what items they would bring for stamping. I feel like I could incorporate all of these projects into the subjects we are learning about. It would give kids a visual piece to remember learning about math, or history, or science. I also thought it would be interesting to show the difference in all the colors (warm and cool) and how we can use those in our everyday lives. One way could be the clothing we wear and what colors look best on certain people! LOVED THE LESSON!!!
Comment by Jessica Morgan
I love printmaking. I think I will try that shaving cream thing again soon. It was by far my favorite activity we have done. For my classroom, the first thing I would do is to make some "mock smocks." I would either get or have the kids bring in some old t-shirts and then we would decorate them using printmaking techniques such as sponges, apples, potatoes, and hands! Then the kids would have a smock for future art activities. I think it would be fun to use the shaving cream marbling thing while talking about rocks, specifically marble. I am not sure what grade you learn the basics in, but it would be fun to show kids different kinds of marble and how it has "veins." Then they could create their own marbling design.
Comment by Natalee Biggs
This lesson was so fun and I love that printmaking can be used for all ages. I would use printmaking activities when discussing the invention of the printing press. The class could have a discussion on how history changed as a result of this great invention. The teacher could bring in different materials that were created by printmaking, newspapers, books, and even t-shirts or clothing with prints on them. Next, we would discuss different printmaking techniques and we would experiment with them on paper or fabric. The marble paper was my favorite activity and I would definitly include it in the activities for my students of any age. Another application for younger students would be to use the potato/apple stamps to teach patterns and colors. The students could create their own patterns with the stamps by using different shapes and colors.
Comment by Brittany Crowder
This lesson was so fun! I really had a blast learning so many different techniques of printmaking. I thought it was so neat that this can be used for any age, from a potato for younger children up to linoleum for older students. I thought of a few different ways this could be implemented in the classroom. For one, it would be fun when doing something with literacy or focusing on a certain book in the class to have the students put together their own book summarizing the one they studied. The could make this book by each making their own print of a different event in the book and then stamping them all in chronological order of when the events occured. This would be a good way to review the timeline of a book they were studying!
Comment by Karyn Alvey
I thought this lesson was amazing! I absolutely loved it! I want to make some more printmaking tools for myself. :) I really liked all of the techniques. One of my favorites was the shaving cream-paper marbling. I think it's so cool and what an easy and fun thing to do in the classroom. I think it would be a lot of fun to make a collection of fun marbled paper. I also really liked carving into the potato. I enjoyed learning about the difference between etching and relief. I think it would be a lot of fun to use these printmaking techniques in an English class. You could have students write letters to eachother or have pen pals. After the letters are written, you could then have the students choose different techniques and decorate the papers and envelopes. :) Great Job! I absolutely loved it!
Comment by Nichole Mahas
I think it would be fun to have the students share the stamps they created with the class. It would be fun for everyone to see what creative ideas people had. It might also help clarify technique and help other students gain a better understanding of what works and what turns out better when creating their own stamp. I might also allow for the students to create their own silkscreen while studying
Comment by Brielle Romney
Great lesson! I LOVED it! I think it would be interesting to have the kids explore the different techniques of painting and everything, and then afterwards, have each child (or groups of children) come up with stories that pertain to their artwork. In other words, have the kids tell a story relating all of their artwork to it . I want to hear some of the meaning behind their artwork, and what was going through their head as they were exploring techniques and making different pictures with it all. So I think relating stories to their artwork would be interesting and make them use their imagination.
Comment by Rachael Haught
This printmaking was a blast! Probably my favorite day thus far! Setting a theme for printmaking (Egyptian symbols etc) could be really fun and give them a direction yet letting them feel free to do their own thing. I think it is great for all ages and can be easily adapted to any skill level. Excellent!
Comment by Nancy
We could use prints at the same time as learning about nature. We could use leaves, grass, flowers, ect.
Comment by Rachael Haught
These projects were SO much fun! They could be used for almost ANY lesson plan. I think I would use the marble paper to teach the color wheel, complementary colors etc. I wouls also consider doing the etching a relief sculpture in conjunction with ancient art (i.e. pottery and sculpture) to help them get a feel for the skill. I would also have the students make up a family or individual crest and have them put it on the linoleum blocks. After they created it I would have them write a letter to their political leader and say what is on their crest and why. At the end they would stamp it as their signature.
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