Fifth Grade Printmaking

Fifth Grade Printmaking

We have finished our "Animal and Environments" printmaking unit.  Here are some student comments about their experience:

"It was challenging to transfer the mouth of my polar bear drawing to my foam plate but I got it."  -Jonathan

"I liked the clicking noise of the ink!"  -Ruby

"I liked how the green and white mixed for my background. To me, it describes nature, like the outside world, animals, life..."  -Joshua

"I thought it was challenging. I learned how to draw a detailed fish."  -Lucie

"I felt that the different colors we could print personalized the print. I learned how to make a perfectly consistent ink palette."  -Steven

" I learned how to draw a frog better."  -Gia

" I learned how to get the right consistency for the paint. I learned depth perception. Two thumbs up!"  -George

5th Grade

We have a fabulous 5th grade class this year!

I received a Donor's Choose materials grant for a fifth grade "Animals and Environments" printmaking unit. Ms. Sheehan's class was the first 5th grade to make practice prints, focusing on line texture. We looked at Albrecht Durer's print of a rhinoceros for inspiration. Students analyzed in a group discussion the many line patterns that Durer engraved to show texture on his rhinoceros. Using a variety of tools, 5th graders scratched line textures into small foam plates to experiment with the range of potential line possibilities for their final prints. Everyone printed once to review the technical process.  Drawing for final designs has begun and we should have brayers rolling and animal theme prints pulled in the next few weeks! Look for them drying in every available spot in the MMR.

Favorite 5th grade question- "Can we start?" 

More later...