Printmaking Unit (February)

It amazes me how fast a school year can go by! Here it is, early May, and I am just posting our February print unit.

Side note---> We had no classes in March- the weather here in upstate New York was surreal. The area between Buffalo and Rochester has always had a personalty disorder- Lake effect snow, crazy micro-bursts, and rain abound. This March and April didn't disappoint. Late March brought a wind storm that mowed down and cut off electricity for some of us for more than a week. Followed by a blizzard- what trees made it through the windstorm were damaged by the late snow, and April's incessant rains. A bad year to be a pine tree, that is for sure. <---end font="" note="" of="" side="">

Anyways, I seriously digress...

onto the PRINTMAKING UNIT!

Here is the finished product, the yellow of the paper did not translate well here...this print was produced using a carved linoleum block. To get to this the students had to first create a thumbnail drawing of a few concepts; then narrow it down to three possibilities; and then finally adapt one to be carved into the linoleum block. 

 We hope to do a reduction print in June, we held a vote, and polymer clay sculpture beat out acrylic painting for April's classes. I was pleasantly surprised at the sudden change of heart, and the students wowed me again, but that's the next post.   

   

Here is a photo of the actual block,
 notice the image is reversed.

Classes start in a few minutes, so time to stop blogging, and get back to work.

Watch for updates on our new studio location, our summer visiting artist schedule, and our polymer clay sculpture unit.