Project:
This project was all about printmaking. As an introduction we learned about a famous print called "The Great Wave". The interesting thing about this print is that it was made with wood.
For a warmup activity we created three thumbnail sketches of a symbol that would represent us. I drew wheat because I grew up on a farm, three birds to represent my children, and trees and a sun because I love being outdoors.
We then chose the symbol we liked the most we transferred it to a thin piece of foam by carving over the drawing with a pencil.
We then used warm colored markers to color our foam, sprayed water on a piece watercolor paper, and pressed our foam down using a roller to transfer the print onto paper. We repeated this process with cool colors.
Extension:
A fun extension activity that kids would enjoy would be to create a print using their initials. This could be used to mark their desks or lockers.
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