Grade 2 Printmaking

Wow! Another year is almost over! To celebrate all of our growth and learning we are creating a collaborative project together. Each student is designing their own plate with a portrait of themselves. We are making individual prints and creating multiple cards. We are also putting the prints together to create a special class project (shhhhh... It's a surprise). 

Here we are making the plates:

Explorers in Art

Grade 5 Students are learning about how artists are explorers. In order to find new ideas and create unique art, as artists, we must be risk takers and explore new ways of doing things. 
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Creating abstract Paul Klee Mono prints is a great way to experience the design cycle as we 
explore new ways of expressing ourselves and our emotions. Students are taking risks and solving problems as they try new ways of creating art. Mono prints allow the students to make many similar copies of their drawing, and experiment with the different effects. 

Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible. -Paul Klee

Reflections from Grade 5:

I was surprised that the pink mixed with the orange to make tertiary warm colours in my print! It works on my art because I wanted a calm and happy feeling.

 I was pleased with the way the black mixed with the vibrant pink. It's ver intense.. I have been feeling very overwhelmed and a little crazy because I feel like everything in my home is changing these days! 

I didnt like the way there was too much ink on the paper. It made my print look angry and  I wanted an excited feeling. I will try with less paint. 

Grade 3 Collaborative Project

This week, Grade 3 students were asked to relax, close their eyes and they were taken through a visualization exercise where they had to imagine their most prized possession. After sharing their special objects with the class, students noticed some patterns; there were many toys, technology, sports items and musical instruments on their list. Next, they viewed a slide show of kids from all over the world -from many different countries, backgrounds and socioeconomic groups. Grade 3 students were asked to identify what was similar and what was different between their choices and those of other kids. You can view the slide show here:

Most Prized Possessions

In the beginning, it was the differences that many students noticed, such as that many of the items they chose were expensive. As we discussed the photos, students noticed that there were similarities too. They noticed that all of  the children seemed like they wanted to have fun! They chose many kinds of toys and wanted to play :) They think that having fun is a very important part of being a kid! is it a need? There were many more reflections that will be displayed with the quilt at our next Celebration of Arts.

All students are contributing a print of their most prized possession to the quilt this week. Each student is designing a plate which they are using to print onto the quilt. We hope you enjoy it! 

Print Making

Wow! What a fun day in Grade 3!

Today, after many lessons of preparation, students finally broke out the brayers and printing ink! After putting the finishing touches (textures such as dots and lines) on their plates, they rolled the ink on their plate and waited eagerly. The final results were "really awesome!" Students tried many combinations of coloured inks and papers to get different effects. In our next class we we will reflect on our work and make a plan for our one final print! Here are some pictures from our session today:

Learning to draw using geometric and organic shapes

This plate is all ready to go!

The camel print


Using the brayer to ink the plate...

Finally! We get to see the print!

Into the drying rack! What colours next?

 THE GALLERY WALK

Dressed in scarves, hats and ties, students walked around our gallery critiquing their prints.  Great artistic language was used by all as we talked about the good things each artist had done.