Crayola Washable Paint, 4 Pack
Construction Paper, 400 Sheets
Marker & Watercolour Pad, 60 PagesStudents will be able to:
- Work independently and self-regulate;
- Create personal responses to the centre materials;
- Share their ideas with peers;
- Demonstrate a sense of accomplishment; and
- Express responses to a variety of art forms.
PRINTMAKING – Colour, Shape and Line
Steps
Step One
Tape pieces of string (widthwise) onto a plastic cutting board. Continue until you are happy with the web-like design you have created.
Step Two
Tape the plastic cutting board onto a large piece of construction paper. Tape along the top and sides of the construction paper. DO NOT tape along the bottom of the construction paper.
Step Three
Insert a piece of Crayola Marker and Watercolour paper into the web through the opening at the bottom.
Step Four
Place a small amount of paint on each paint tray. Place a brayer (roller) in each tray.
Step Five
Roll the brayers back and forth a few times to spread the paint out evenly on the brayers and in the trays.
Step Six
Roll one of the colours over the web. Continue rolling until you are satisfied with the effect.
Step Seven
Roll the other colour over the web. Continue rolling until you are satisfied with the effect.
Step Eight
Gently remove the paper from the web and place it on a flat surface to dry.
Step Nine
Create a second print and clean the rollers at the same time. Insert a new piece of paper into the web and roll the brayers over the surface without adding more paint.
Step Ten
Gently remove the paper and roll over the surface with the brayers until all the paint is removed. Use both brayers without re-rolling them in the paint.
Step Eleven
Compare both art works.
- How are they alike?
- How are they different?
- What patterns do you see?
- What happened to the colours? Why?
Step Twelve
Mount the work on a piece of contrasting construction paper.
Step Thirteen
Give the work a title.
Learning Goals
Extensions
- Art Centre - Set out a variety of found objects, paint and paper. Encourage children to experiment with ways to make multiple marks on paper using the objects and paint. Demonstrate how to create a monotype by painting onto a piece of paper and then placing another paper on top of the wet paint. Gently rub the paper before removing it from the surface to create the print. Set out small muffin baking tins, different sized round cake baking tins, plastic cutting boards, paints, rollers and Q-Tips. Demonstrate how to apply paint to the flat surfaces of these items using a paint roller and then to draw into the paint with a Q-Tip before placing a piece of paper on top of the surface. Gently rub the paper before removing it from the surface to create a monotype. Encourage children to experiment with all the materials to make interesting prints.
Prepare
- Gather all the materials necessary for this project.
- Complete steps 1 to 3.
- Purchase or borrow from the library books about printmaking or illustrated with different types of prints. For example,
- Early Childhood Art - Painting and Printmaking by Amelia Ruscoe
- Ed Emberley’s Complete Funprint Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
- Last Night by Hyewon Yum
- Seasons by Blexbolex
- Ella Sarah Gets Dressed and Best Best Friends by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni. - Tape a long piece of brown packing paper to the floor. Place a cookie baking tin at one end of the paper and pour a shallow amount of water into it.
- Place a variety of found objects in a basket beside the paper. For example, wooden spools, forks, cardboard tubes, and anything that can be used to make a printed mark by placing it in paint and pressing it against the paper.
- Place a container of paint near the water tray.
Introduction
- Have children sit along the edge of the length of the brown paper.
- Ask students to take turns stepping into the water with one shoe and then walking across the paper.
- Talk about the marks left on the paper. Compare the wet marks with the sole of the shoe that made it.
- Discuss what prints and printmaking are.
- Add some paint to the tray and place a variety of objects beside it. Ask children to choose an object and take turns placing it in the paint and then on the paper.
- Talk about the image you created together.
- Read a book featuring illustrations that are prints and discuss the pictures and how they might have been made.
- Introduce children to the challenge.
Activities
The Challenge
- Create several prints using the string printmaking web.
- Use your imagination and problem-solving skills to explore ideas.
The Process
- Walk students throught the steps outlined in this lesson plan beginning with step number 4.
- Observe students as they work.
- Ask questions of children while they are working.
- What is happening when the 2 colours mix?
- Do you see a pattern?
- What does your print make you think of?
- Look at the lines and all the directions the lines go in. - Provide individual assistance and encouragement.
Sharing
- Ask students to work with a partner and compare their art works.
- Ask them to talk about
- patterns created
- how the works are the same
- how the works are different
- what was difficult
- what they liked best about doing this activity
