Printmaking
Since it's March, what a great time to start PRINTMAKING!
To start with, visit http://www.contemprints.org/Explore_Glossary.cfm to get the "big" overall picture of various printmaking processes and review some of the terms used in printmaking.
Next...start simple. Found objects make great stamping tools. Things like corks, washers, pencil erasers, and even real flowers. Using inexpensive tempera paint, dip objects in paint to create a collage of found objects. What I find that works best is to give your students specifics when working on a project. Things like: You need nine repeated stamp prints, one stamp needs to border you paper, create an inside ring and outside ring of different designs, and section off the paper in a grid and print objects in a pattern.
Obviously this is an easy start to printing. Your comments and questions are welcomed and hopefully soon we can progress to some real serious printmaking projects that integrate what you are studying with your students, and give way for personal, artistic expression. The benefit...with a nice frame, you can display the art in your home that will be a treasured piece for years.
To start with, visit http://www.contemprints.org/Explore_Glossary.cfm to get the "big" overall picture of various printmaking processes and review some of the terms used in printmaking.
Next...start simple. Found objects make great stamping tools. Things like corks, washers, pencil erasers, and even real flowers. Using inexpensive tempera paint, dip objects in paint to create a collage of found objects. What I find that works best is to give your students specifics when working on a project. Things like: You need nine repeated stamp prints, one stamp needs to border you paper, create an inside ring and outside ring of different designs, and section off the paper in a grid and print objects in a pattern.
Obviously this is an easy start to printing. Your comments and questions are welcomed and hopefully soon we can progress to some real serious printmaking projects that integrate what you are studying with your students, and give way for personal, artistic expression. The benefit...with a nice frame, you can display the art in your home that will be a treasured piece for years.
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Permalink Reply by Cutting Edge on -
Hi Garth,
Can you post a sample project -- maybe with a picture -- to the Family Mentors network?
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Permalink Reply by Garth Fout on -
Here's a sample of the types of work my children have done.
This work is a little more detailed than the suggestion above but will give you an idea of how a print might look. The children transfered tissue paper for the background, made several different types of prints, then wrote verses, poems, or phrases on the work. A god way to add memory work to a piece of art.
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