As an extension of the printmaking unit, we worked on a leaf printing project. On the first day, we took a walk around the beautiful school campus and collected a variety of leaves that had fallen to the ground. Then, we came back to the classroom and created crayon rubbings of the leaves for the first layer. The next day, students arranged their leaves on their piece, and used watercolor to paint the negative space around the leaves. The crayon rubbings from the last day showed through the watercolor (the resist technique). For our final layer, we applied the left over block printing inks on our leaves, and printed them on our pieces. I loved that the students were very creative and thoughtful about the composition!
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We looked at the work of Pop artist Andy Warhol, and they they created Pop Art versions of themselves. We used various watercolor techniques to create the backgrounds for the prints, while I took close-up pictures of each student. Working from their picture, they drew a simplified version of themselves and transferred it onto a linoleum block for carving. After they carved all negative spaces, they made about 6 prints onto their watercolor backgrounds. They chose their four favorite, and collaged them together onto a final piece of paper. Here they are!
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