Print Making

Also this week, we had another teacher candidate lesson on print making. We created sketches using the back of paintbrushes to create composition in the foam paper. At the beginning of the lesson we went through a powerpoint presentation to show the class what we would be creating and then the teacher candidates provided finished examples of the project. First, we practiced drawing a nature scene on the back of our rubric to get a feel of what we will be creating on our foam paper. We began creating our composition on the foam paper, keeping in mind to press down hard so the image will show up clear once we applied the paint. We used a roller to roll ink onto the foam paper and completely covered the whole page. Once the whole page was covered, we put the ink side of the foam down onto a colored piece of construction paper and pressed firmly. To reveal the scene we created, we rewmoved the foam paper carefully from the construction paper.

As an extension activity to print making, the students will create their own Christmas and/or holiday story (e.g. Santa's helper). The images in the story will be created by the students painting. The words used for the story will be written out, the teacher will type and print them out for the students to glue onto their paper. The print making will consist of creating an image for a title page that goes along with the story. The students will have the choice of different color paints to use to roll onto their foam paper. Once again, we will focus on using complementary colors for the paint and construction paper.

Here is my example of print making: