verb means to produce (books, newspapers, clothing, art, magazines, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical/artistic process involving the transfer of text, images, or designs to paper.
Printmaking is an artistic process based on the principle of transferring images from a matrix onto another surface, most often paper or fabric. Traditional printmaking techniques include woodcut, etching, engraving, and lithography, while modern artists have expanded available techniques to include screenprinting.
3rd Grade: Styrofoam Printing
We are going to try styrofoam printing!! This is super fun and it is a project that you can even try at home. Please watch the following video but keep in mind a couple of things. 1.) We will use a special planning paper to draw our designs because our foam is a circle instead of a rectangle. 2.) Instead of pressing with our hands we will use a brayer (which is a rubber roller).
After watching this video, you can get a planning page and start sketching ideas. Please complete 2 drawings and choose your favorite.
4th Grade: Gyotaku Printing
We are going to try Gyotaku printing!! Please watch the following 2 videos and then search Gyotaku printing to find cool ideas. Next week we will start printing and trying this process :)
5th Grade: Research Printmaking
Choose whatever kind you would like to try. If we have the materials and it doesn't involve carving with anything sharper than a pencil tip, you can try it :)
OTHER PRINTMAKING IDEAS (That I thought you might like and that you can try):