K - 2 Activities
PRINTMAKING
Students will create a work of art using printmaking. Students will use found objects from around their house to stamp in paint (or other media) to make repeated images.
Steps:
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Find objects like plastic forks or lids of marker caps that you can use to create prints with.
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Using a piece of paper and any type of thicker paints, dip your stamp tools in the paint.
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Push/press the stamp or tool onto the paper and it will leave a print. Experiment with making repeated marks and designs using these found objects for stamps.
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Create as many stamping works of art as you can during art time. Try to be creative and explore shape or color patterns. Can you create a unique and fun design?
3 - 5 Activities
"I’d Rather Be There"
The project is based on some art by LA based artist Jim Darling. Jim creatively tackles a wide variety of visual forms. It was a series of windows that caught my eye, though.
Materials Needed: White paper, colored pencils or crayons
I loved the sculptural aspect of the pieces like the one above. The airplane window and the interior wall of the plane create a built in frame for the scene out the window. When I shared this series with the students we talked about the contrast between the positive shape of the window scene and the negative shape of the wall outside the window.
Steps:
1- Draw out the window shape on your paper
2- Think about what could be out the window from an airplane (high above the land) and draw what you envision. Is it fields, clouds, a city, a small town?
3- Use paper and coloring supplies to color your own airplane window view!
