Printmaking

This lesson started off with pictures from Lynda Goldberg, "Fern Dreams." The students will be prompted to explain what they see and the different textures they can see as well. This type of printmaking is called mono print. The students will be shown how to do printmaking and will be given a gel plate that they will use to do this. The students will also be instructed to create their own shape that they will use in their final project. Once the students practice they will have to create four different prints on a sheet of paper and with two of the prints they have to show two colors. Students must also answer the three questions:

1.What is printmaking?

2. What is a mono print?

3. What is texture?

This lesson could be integrated with social studies in an interesting way. Before starting this lesson the students could research famous labels or other things that were made using printmaking. Each students could then have an old design that they must recreate and make a print of. Each student would be creating their own prints and when we would display them as a class we would use a timeline to show the difference of prints over the years.