Students who finished early this week were able to make Valentine Prints. We drew our designs on styrofoam sheets with a ball point pen. Then we colored them with washable markers. After a quick spray of water, we printed them on watercolor paper. Printmaking is always so much fun. I love the moment of anticipation […]
We had a crazy, busy week making Gelli plate prints. Gelli plates make it possible to make mono prints without a press. It is a lot of fun and can produce some very sophisticated results. The hardest part is understanding how the layers work. You have to think ahead because you are blocking out colors […]
After our study of Hokusai’s “The Wave off Kanazawa”, we did fish printing. In this project we drew fish on styrofoam sheets. We then cut the fish out, rolled on ink with brayers and printed them. Many students doubted they could draw the fish, but they all did and did a fabulous job! This is […]
We had a great time last Saturday doing a Gelli plate printing birthday party. The birthday girl was turning 9, and she had 9 of her friends celebrating with her. What a great group! They produced a large amount of work and ended up with some really nice pieces.
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