Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Adventures in Printing

Our February exploration of print-making continued today.  Last week, children made prints by painting on plastic bags and pressing paper on top of it.   Today, we worked on a related experience, using printer's ink on glass and rolling paper on top of the design in ink.  There was a lot of enthusiasm for this process, as each child attending today made a mono print.  Children also made a smaller version to be included in their art books.  

Adventures in Painting

Children also had the opportunity to use the paints they mixed in a new way today.  The studio area featured "scrape painting," where paint was applied to one edge of an old gift card (or credit card, etc.) and the paint was draped across the paper.  The excess paint could then be used at the easel to make a large collaborative painting.  Tommy also used the paints to print each page in his art book.  he carefully applied paint to a page in his book, and then pressed it shut.  This resulted in a mirror-image print, much like the old school inkblots.  He will be sharing his expertise with this process  with his classmates later this week.

Assorted Adventures

After a long weekend, the children were vary happy to be back together.  Outside, they enjoyed riding bikes and making "stew."  The message center was popular once again.  Lou Lou continued in her role as message center ambassador.... she now seems determined to send a message to every child in the Brown Room.  Hugh worked in his art book while spending time in the message center.  In sprite of all the painting and printing, some children still found time to build  toward the end of our afternoon.  We will continue with many of these adventures tomorrow..... unless it's a snow day.  The KW forecast from Caleb and Hugh calls for 4 to 6 inches of snow!