Graven Feather 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 artist Pam Lobb, and her organization Graven Feather Studios and learning about their techniques and processes, students will learn how to go about making 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

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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)

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

Joyce Wieland: Quilting (1-6)

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