October 2016 Art Blog
TK & Kindergarten: Leaf Prints TK students used green leaves to create ghost prints. Students learned to use a brayer to roll white printing ink onto the leaves and use the inked leaves to create ghostly looking prints on a black paper. Kindergarten students were introduction to watercolor and printing. Students were taught the wet-on-wet watercolor technique - using a water wash on the paper, on which a color is applied while the paper is still wet. The myriad patterns and textures found on fall leaves, which were collected around campus were transferred by placing wet leaves onto a yellow underpainting. Students painted on top of the leaves with a variety of colors. Leaves must stay on background until completely dry! The result - soft backgrounds contrasted with beautiful textured patterns from nature! To create a frame for the leaf prints, students experiment printing with different tools such as corks, forks, tubes, etc. to print a pattern....