Scrimshaw + Printmaking

All images 3rd grade artwork

 

 

 

Sailors, whale bones, scrimshaw...what's not to like?

Process:
We etched our designs into styrofoam plates with a pencil.  Colored over the plates with oil pastels and burnished with a paper towel.  There you have the scrimshaw effect.
Printmaking came into play the following week as we put a bit of paint of top (we used purple) and burnished it in with a napkin.  We then placed a sheet of newsprint on top, burnished and pulled the print.  The pulled prints could then be reworked if desired. 

Making It Meaningful

You don't have to have a costume to be a hero.
Jaden

 

Words can have the power to make a home in our minds and even our hearts if we let them.  That's just what this project was about.  Students chose a sentence (or so) that has touched them in some way...something inspiring, then created a "cd" cover to coincide with the words.

Live like there is no tomorrow, Cheradin

Run to your destiny!
Sebastion

Believe in yourself, even if people don't believe in you- David
It's not from the outside, it's from the inside- Aastha
Peace be with you- Delfino
Live the life you love, love the life you live- Nathalie
God is always with you- Alicia
Choose the right path, for it leads to peace and happiness- Amer
I believe I can fly!- Aron
You can do it!- Syed
Never back up, stand tall- 
Believe in yourself- Mydelis

The mark wasn't just a mark.  It was the GET-OUT-FAST mark that people risk their lives for to save others. 
Claire

bottom:
 Never Give Up
Christian


I'm so comforted knowing that our future is in the hands of these children.  This lesson reminds me of a quote dear to me,
 Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi

Insects- One Subject, Many Media

Insects provide an engaging subject for study and expression.

1st grade artwork, yes, 1st grade!

When we work with one concept but change the medium, we give ourselves the opportunity to deepen our understanding and make new connections.  

Kindergarten and 1st grade paintings

Kindergarten artwork

Interaction

3rd grade artwork

3rd grade artwork

Discovering a way for your hand to interact with your art was the challenge for this lesson.  First we have to think about all the things we do with our hands.  Next, we have to consider size and placement so the drawing and the hand become one.  

Now You See It- Now You Don't, Shifting Perspectives

Bunny in Landscape , Sarah, 2nd Grade
stencil used: airplane

Picasso's Head of the Bull was the inspiration for this project.  Picasso didn't build the seat.  He didn't build the handlebars.  What he did do is shift perspectives. He innovated the existing elements as we did here.  Ordinary stencils were looked at in new ways to create wonderful and unexpected artwork. 

2nd grade artwork
From top to bottom:

Sailboat and Lobster  
stencils used: frog, goldfish and dinosaur

Engine and Smoke with Boy
To me, this one seems like it could be part two of  The Scream



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I love the engaging juxtaposition of objects and feelings