March Project: Mixed Media Patterns

Project description:

• Printing process practiced and explored using cardboard and a specific process.
• Tempera cakes were used to add simple patterns
• Oil Pastels completed our work using additional patterns.

Vocabulary

• Printing
• Printer's Ink
• Patterns
• Abstract Art

Resources: 

• Book - PATTERN FISH by Trudy Harris

Art Materials:

• Printers Ink
• Cardboard
• Oil Pastels
• Tempera Paint

Examples of Student work:

February Project: Intro To Printing - Thinking with a Line

Project description:

• Lines provide the groundwork for all art.  Students warmed up by printing basic types of lines.  Next, they were asked to experiment with connecting lines to make shapes within a given space.  Students followed specific directions to complete their prints.  Tempera cakes and oil pastel patterns were added in each shape.

Resources: 

• Book - I SPY SHAPES IN ART by Lucy Micklethwait

Art Materials:

• Printers Ink
• Oil Pastels
• Tempera Paint

Examples of Student work: