Printmaking

To create this printmaking project we used tempra paint, and paint rollers. To begin, we handed each student a Styrofoam sheet. We had them cut it in half. On one of the sheets, we had students create a pattern of whatever they wanted using a pencil on the Styrofoam sheet. My patterns consisted of a dash and then a curvy line and so on. Next, I created a star and then a square and so on, and just kept repeating until I ran out of room. We then took our pattern sheet and covered it with paint. I placed it in the top left corner with the side with paint on it facing the construction paper and pressed down hard on it. Then I took a roller and rolled it until I felt I did it long and hard enough to show on my construction paper. I continued this process with my other two prints, but notice that I also created a pattern with my colors (white, blue, white). Once we had the three prints done, we moved on to the final step of the project. For the final part of this project, we had students come up with three different symbols or logos that relate to themselves. We had the students use the second part of the Styrofoam sheet they cut for their symbols. My three symbols and logos were:
1. Minnesota Twins- Favorite baseball team.
2. Wrestling mat- I've wrestled my whole life, and the sport means a lot to me.
3. Donut- I love donuts, one of my favorite foods to eat.

When we had our three symbols done, we then repeated the same process with the paint and construction paper as we did for the other three prints.


An extension activity for this lesson could be language arts and having the students pick on of their symbols and write a reflection about how it relates to them. For example, I could pick the Minnesota Twins logo and write about how they are my whole families favorite team, or  how I've been to many of their games at Target Field and their old stadium the Metrodome etc.