Printmaking projects

Printmaking art lessons are both engaging for students and a great way to teach a variety of art techniques. Elementary printmaking may look completely different than high school printmaking, but I believe it should be introduced as early as kindergarten and experimented with throughout a child’s education. Here’s a variety of printmaking techniques you can teach your students, beginning with the most basic and increasing in difficulty.

Create beautiful cityscapes using scratch foam and watercolors with this easy styrofoam printmaking activity for kids.

Let me start out by saying this has been one of the most successful and visually stunning projects that I've ever done with my students. It is definitely the most exciting printmaking project that we've ever done at Thomas. I wrote the lesson and went into the project thinking that it would probably be pretty good. I told my students that I'm absolutely blown away by the results of their talent and hard work. This lesson is a keeper. My previous 4th grade printmaking lesson was decent, but…

Use styrofoam sheets to create an indented image, then roll on printmaking ink and press down on paper to create a print.

How to make a Tetra Pak Print During lock down I was looking for more environmentally friendly ways to make print. I was already using Auka intaglio soy based ink and using the smallest amount of ink possible on the dry point. So i began the adventure into recycled materials like orange juice and soy…

Making a few test prints on the plate-made-from-sensible-materials was quite successful, in that it turned out pretty much as I’d expected it to. The branches coming out of the top of the wal…

Little Artists | Art Education Projects | PRINTMAKING with foam is a wonderful alternative to lino printing with smaller children. This week we were inspired by Marimekko and… | Instagram

Daniel Villa - Printmaker on Instagram: "I love making puzzle linocut prints, but I hate it when they move around when I’m printing. This is a little hack I’ve been using to avoid the sliding of the linocut during printing. How do you keep your linocut from moving and sliding!? Let me know! 👇 #printmaker #linocut #linograbado #xliografia #woodcut #linocutprint #linoleum #speedballart #grabado #danielvillaartstudio #danielvillaart #woodcutprint #blockprinting #reliefprint"

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