Friday, April 27, 2012

PRINTMAKING

Train cars made by Printmaking Pattern

Bulletin Board Display

Title and Class/Project details

This Printmaking assignment can be used for a variety of project topics as well as for a wide range of grade levels.  This was a project that our group presented and displayed in a hallway bulletin board.
Materials needed:  12 X 18 white drawing paper, construction paper, scissors, paint brush, carving tool, paint, and Styrofoam rectangles. 
Students were asked to have at least 3 cars, and to compose their background to reflect the South Dakota landscape.  The carving tool is used to carve a design in the Styrofoam, then to be rolled with paint, stamped 3 times onto a piece of construction paper, set aside to dry, cut out cars and paste them onto the white SD background and matte with construction paper color of their choice.  The students began working on this project and were so creative and detailed.  It was a huge success, except for a small set back:  when I rolled the paint onto the Styrofoam I had too much paint, and a little seeped into the carving design.

An idea I had for an extension assignment would be to write an essay on the Aberdeen Hub City Railroad and its historical significance to the building and formation of the city of Aberdeen.  A model can also be made for another helpful visual of the Aberdeen Train Depot.

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