In this printmaking
project, fifth grade artists first learned to draw a realistic tree. These
drawings were later re-imagined with a stylized aesthetic. The stylized design
was transferred to a rubber-like material and students used special carving
tools, called gouges, to carve away the negative spaces around their tree. When the carving was complete,
students used various colored inks and papers to print their trees. In the
final phase of the project, leaves were gathered from outside and students used
markers to create colorful foliage prints on top of their relief-printed trunk
and branches. I love the results- the delicate marker prints were transparent enough not to cover the trunk completely, which happened the other time I did this project and the students used carved leaves and printing ink...
