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2010 Printmaking

5th Grade Printing

by Rita Heithoff on November 02, 2009

Ryan tracing his design

Ryan traces over his pencil with an ink pen onto his foamboard

The styrofoam is dented and ready to be traced with an ink pen

Kenny re-tracing the design with a pen

Kenny's work in progress

Nick checking his design

A.J. and Nick squeezing ink onto their inking plate

Jaime adding water to her ink

Jamie rolls ink out onto her brayer

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Ryan tracing his design

The 5th Grade class began printing this week. Students sketched a design that had line, texture and pattern. Some examples were animals with fur, plants, pattern designs and fish. After the design was approved the student transferred it to foam board. The student taped the design to the top of the foam board on one side only to form a hinge. The student  traced over the main parts of the design with a pen denting the foam board underneath. They lifted the paper from time to time to check their progress. The students retraced over the design with a pen to deepen the lines and freehand in the details at this point.

Avenley rubbing the ink into her paper

Showing off her design

Jaime's

Jaime decided to add to her design, here's her new version

Zoey's print on colored paper

Printmaking reverses the design

A.J.'s lizard

The 5th grade's work neatly stacked on the drying rack

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Avenley rubbing the ink into her paper

Students referred to the purple binders, which have all of the directions necessary for the lesson. They had the option to review the directions or keep the binder out on a desk to follow step-by-step directions. After drawing their design and tracing it they began the printing process.  Students will complete 15-20 prints. They will matt a single-color print, a multi-colored print and a collage composed of leftover prints. They may matt more if they choose but three is the minimum. Click on the photo corners to view the printing process.