THE INPRINT COLLECTIVE Studios: Relief/Block Printmaking

Grade level: Gr. K-5- when working with Craft foam/scratch reliefs.

Art Form: Printmaking- Block/Relief printing

Lesson Length time: Half Day

Lesson Objective

Through exploring the work of artists at inPrint Collective and learning about their techniques and processes, students will learn how to make their own relief/block prints and their own Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) to trade with other members of the class (optional).

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Learning Outcomes

Students will:

  • learn vocabulary of art techniques and practices (motif, abstraction, printmaking, relief, artist trading cards etc. See Glossary)

  • explore elements of design (shape and form, space, line, colour, texture and value)

  • explore principles of design,

  • learn about a local artist and their art

  • have an opportunity to explore with materials and concepts

  • be encouraged to create art in a comfortable and supportive environment

  • apply critical thinking skills in their analysis of art work and creation of their own art work

 

Curriculum Connections

Visual Arts, , Mathematics ( Number Sense and Numeration)

All Programmes

Benny Bing: Colour Expressive Portrait Painting (3-8)

Graven Feather Studios: Relief/Block Printmaking (K-5)

Charles Pachter:  “Me” Pattern Paintings (K-3)

Group of Seven: Landscape Painting (3-8)

Katrina Schaman Whimsical Animals in Whimsical Landscapes: Mixed Media Collage (K-8)

Richard Ahnert: Mixed Media Animal/Human Portraits (4-8)

Arthur Shilling: Expressionist Portrait Painting (3-8)

Liz Pead: Fabric Collage Painting (1-8)

Shawn Skeir African Mask Portraits: Mixed Media Collage (K-8)

Painters Eleven: Abstract Expressionism
“Painting out my Feelings” (K-4)

Tonya Hart: Arctic Animals (K-6)

Chris Walsh: 3D “Map Sculptures” (1-5)

Meera Sethi: Hybrid Identity Fashion Design (2-8)

Joyce Wieland: Quilting (1-6)

Urban Street Artists: Graffiti Tags (5-8)

Daphne Mcormack: Water Habitats (K-5)