Printmaking

For this activity, we drew ideas on a piece of paper. After doing that we used special utensils to draw on the styrofoam we were given. We had to make sure to use different kinds of lines on the styrofoam to make it more real. After we were done drawing on the styrofoam we spread paint, in my case yellow paint, onto a piece of construction paper. We had to make sure to use a complementary color so I had chosen purple. The picture was then transferred onto the construction paper.

Another activity for printmaking would be making Fall Monoprints. Fold the 12 x 18 white paper the long way (hotdog way). On the middle fold going up, draw a series of trees using the "Y" method. Draw a straight line for the trunk and then a "V" in the middle so it looks like a "Y". Branch off drawing with "V"'s from there. Keep the tree very simple and varied. Have some tall and some bending. Try to work them across the paper until it is full of trees. The space below is the water which will reflect the trees. Once you've drawn the trees, fold the paper back again, and with a ruler edge rub the trees so that the crayon transfers to the bottom (water area). Next, taking dabs of autumn colors work one tree at a time, dotting the branches and then bending the paper to create the blob on the bottom, Continue doing so, until you've got a autumn look. I then have kids take the watered down tempera and fill in blue area, sky and water.