Bloody Art

Just kidding... that's what I'm trying to prevent lately. The students are creating wonderful linoleum prints. They are using tools to carve out their images. So far, we've been doing good at keeping our fingers intact. They have been told to carve AWAY from their fingers. They are doing a remarkable job. I am quite impressed at the effort and craftsmanship that has gone into these pieces. We are inking starting today, so I will post more images soon... very soon.

  

There is a rhino in the art room!

 The 7th graders studied Albrecht Durer's "Rhinoceros" last week. We discussed the texture that he added. They then had to create squares with their own textural designs and then to put that into a value scale. The students were able to look at handouts, zentangles, their devices, etc. to get ideas. We even had a "museum walk" (where I let them stand up and walk around the room to see what other friends are creating). This inspired them.

 They took the textures and added them to their animals that they drew. They added watercolor as a final step. The results were fantastic.

 

 

Durer or Dragon?

7th and 8th graders have been studying Albrecht Durer and other print makers. The students watched a ppt and also a YouTube video on this artist and also Warhol. We studied the "Knight, Death, and the Devil" and looked at the amazing attention to detail! The students enjoyed pointing out various aspects of the print.  

The students were each given a piece of linoleum approximately 4x6". They were given free range on subject matter, but were asked not to draw any logos, words, etc. (there were a few exceptions). Those who chose to carve words had to make them backwards so that they would print straight. We then created mixed-media collage books that the students could then place one of each classmates' prints in their books. The students were taught how to sign the prints (using a pencil, writing very small, signing their name, the number, and the "Title").

 
 

Yes, our precious child who is openly obsessed with dragons actually created this book. She glued yarn onto a painted background, then cut a hole/window out of the cover. She created a colored pencil drawing of a dragon's eye and placed it behind the cover. She chose to fill her dragon book with dragon drawings (and her dragon print). I'm open to this! Go Sarah!