The
third graders examined the shapes and details of city buildings for a
printmaking unit. They made drawings which they transferred onto pieces
of foam to create a printing plate. From these plates, the students
were able to print multiple images of their cityscape. While some
students were printing, others were collaging paper cities, drawing
borders for their prints and hand coloring some of their other prints. I
also took photos of the students which they added to their collages
for a book of all their City Art.
The Fifth graders had the choice of printing with a real fish or rubber molded fish. They brushed ink onto the fish and printed onto muslin. Then they glued their fish onto a watercolored background.
