OPEN CONCEPT PRINTMAKING
7TH-8TH GRADE
Overview: Students learned the process of printmaking to reproduce multiple copies of prints base on his/her/their subject of interest.
Subjects that were popular were anime characters and cartoon characters.
To get started, students used a lightbox to trace the image. Next, the image was transferred on a foam sheet using a pencil to create impression lines. Then ink was applied with a roller to the surface of the foam sheet (printing plate). The final step was to put a piece of paper on top of the printing plate. A burnishing tool was used to transferred the inked printing plate to create a print.
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CUBIST STYLE
SELF-PORTRAIT
REDUCTION PRINTS
6TH-GRADE
Overview: 6th-grade students were introduced to cubism modern movement. Students looked at the ancient Iberian sculptures that Picasso collected so they can see how his cubist style worked was influence by Iberian sculptures. Afterwards, students looked at contemporary artist portraits such as Yayoi Kusma, Kehinde Wiley, Chuck Close to see how other artists portrayed themselves.
To get started, students learned the steps on how to sketch cubist style self-portrait and the process of creating a reduction print.
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TEACHING PRINTMAKING
IN
ENGLISH AND SPANISH
6TH-GRADE
Overview: All the students were introduce to printmaking in English and Spanish. Students learned four different types of printmaking. Students also learned the process of how to write an artist statement. The tables for printmaking had written labels indicating section to ink and section to print in English and Spanish.
COLLAGRAPH LOGO PRINTS
2ND-GRADE
Overview: Students were shown a variety of popular logos and were asked how many of the logos they could recognize. The idea was for students to see the historical connection to the use of symbols. Students were also shown pictographs (a writing system using pictures). For example, the Egyptians used hieroglyphics and the Sumerians used cuneiform as their picture-writing systems.
To begin, students had to think what type of logo they would like to design. They were given a paper template on which to draw their logo; they traced the image on the surface of foam afterward. To make the collagraph printing plate, the design (foam) was glued on top of cardboard. The final step was to pick two colors: one for the background (cardboard) and one for the design (foam).
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