Printmaking.

One of the lesson we did was on printmaking. We were given a sheet of paper to sketch out some ideas. The theme was nature so we had to make something with the weather or animals. I sketched out a winter setting with clouds and snowflakes and lines to symbolize a cool breeze. After we sketched out some ideas the teacher candidates showed us how to take our idea and put it on foam paper. They said to make sure you get the lines deep enough so that the ink doesn't get into the lines. One of the requirements was to make variations in the line quality. After we were done sketching in lines on our foam with a wooden tool, we took it to the roller station where we took a roller and took a little bit of ink and rolled it out the the roller was completely filled with ink. Then we rolled it onto our sketches so that the sheet was filled with the ink that was evenly spread out. Then we took our sketch and ink side down put onto the border we had made, which had to be the complimentary color to the ink we choose. We had to make sure to push down all over so the ink would transfer. Then we peeled the sketch we made up and saw the outcome.

An extension activity to printmaking, the students would create a holiday themed picture depending on what time of the season it is and it would be a present for their parents. Then they would write a short little story using their imagination to describe what their picture is depicting or write a story where their picture goes along with the story they made.

Here is my example of the printmaking project: