Cutting the lino can be very therapeutic but getting just the right amount of ink so that it doesnt sink into the cuts can be tricky, so we made lots!
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Lino Prints
We had a week off last week due to me celebrating Diwali so class started again this week. We all went a bit lino printing mad this week. Oksana and Angela started making prints for Christmas cards, I made some owls for my niece's nursery and Markus created a very cute little monster!
Cutting the lino can be very therapeutic but getting just the right amount of ink so that it doesnt sink into the cuts can be tricky, so we made lots!
Cutting the lino can be very therapeutic but getting just the right amount of ink so that it doesnt sink into the cuts can be tricky, so we made lots!
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Good Morning everyone,
Well Community Art School is back this year and we were featured in the Prestwich and Whitefield guide a couple of weeks ago - if anyone is interested in coming along to Community Art School please get in touch.
Last night we tried out a new technique which I am planning to use with my Year 7's next week. The technique is a type of monoprinting which is much easier and cleaner than the traditional style using rollers and ink.
First you cover a blank piece of paper with oil pastels - you can use one colour or a combination. Next you place a piece of blank paper over the top and draw onto the back of the paper using a ball point pen. Where you have drawn will pick up the colour of the oil pastel so when you peel the paper back it will reveal a beautiful coloured design. We also relived our childhoods and had a go with a spirograph set - hours of fun!
We focussed on Indian Rangoli patterns as it will be Diwali in 2 weeks time and this is what I will be focussing on with the Year 7's next week.
Hope you like them!
Well Community Art School is back this year and we were featured in the Prestwich and Whitefield guide a couple of weeks ago - if anyone is interested in coming along to Community Art School please get in touch.
Last night we tried out a new technique which I am planning to use with my Year 7's next week. The technique is a type of monoprinting which is much easier and cleaner than the traditional style using rollers and ink.
First you cover a blank piece of paper with oil pastels - you can use one colour or a combination. Next you place a piece of blank paper over the top and draw onto the back of the paper using a ball point pen. Where you have drawn will pick up the colour of the oil pastel so when you peel the paper back it will reveal a beautiful coloured design. We also relived our childhoods and had a go with a spirograph set - hours of fun!
We focussed on Indian Rangoli patterns as it will be Diwali in 2 weeks time and this is what I will be focussing on with the Year 7's next week.
Hope you like them!
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