Radial Designs by Pre-K

Sneak Preview: Superimposed Abstractions on Repurposed Catalog Paper by 2nd & 3rd Grades

Collographs by 4th & 5th Grades

Here are some examples of our wonderful collograph prints from our printmaking project! How I love repurposed and recycled art materials!

Busy Hands...

These are a few of my favorite action portraits of my Kindergarten students hard at work in the studio!

 Making lots of lines!

Collographs by 4th & 5th Grades

The students in upper grades have started working on a printmaking project. In particular, we have been working with collograph plates. The art word for this project is texture! Students used repurposed materials, such as corrugated cardboard, thin cardboard from cereal boxes and snack packs, old burlap and yarn to create these wonderful collograph designs. I encouraged the students to finish their design by using gloss medium to create rough textured areas. We also discussed the idea of "drawing" with the glue bottle to create lower relief textures in their designs. The students and I can't wait to see these wonderfully textured plates inked and printed!

 

 

Cave Art From Lascaux, France

By Om, Pre-K

These amazing cave art paintings were created by Pre-K and K students. We learned about the history of the caves at Lascaux, France which date back 17,000 years! I read the students a wonderful story called The Cave Painter of Lascaux by Roberta Angeletti. We discovered that the cave artists did not actually live in caves and were great storytellers. We used this information as our artistic inspiration and the students created their own piece of cave art. 

First, we drew the animals from observation using a photo of the cave walls. We then crumpled the paper to create texture. Finally, students created a resist by painting brown tempera on top. So many of these look remarkably similar to the original cave paintings! Great job, Dragons!