Fourth graders are slowly but surely finishing up their collagraphs. It's been a long road but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel now...
Here are a few of the final printing plates along side my favorite print of their series:
These are examples of 'ghost' prints - last in the series & using white ink on printing plates & printed on black paper.
Great examples of the differences between tactile & visual textures, don't you think?!
Fractured Watercolour Maples Leaves
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Here is a lesson I use to teach my Grade 7-9 students how to use
watercolour pencils. The goal is to learn how to control the amount of
water in order t...
4 hours ago
These are beautiful! I'm starting printmaking after clay. This will be great!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I would recommend that instead of using tagboard for the backing (like I did this first time) use corrugated cardboard instead (sturdier). Watch the kids carefully so they don't start stacking stuff - everything should be in a single layer for best results. Good luck - send pictures! I'll have all the collagraph printing done by the end of next week so I hope to publish more pix after that...
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I am planning on doing collagraphs and these are wonderful inspiration@
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