Beginning printmaking projects can utilize many different objects. This class had printed with sponges cut into squares, triangles, and circles. I noticed that halfway through that project they started to use the printing sponges to rub and scrub the paint onto the paper! Even with a demo showing how we stamp with sponges, I suspect it had a lot to do with the absorbent qualities of sponges. These small plastic cups (one set was quarter size, the other the size of fifty cent pieces) proved to be much better. Their work suddenly had an orderly, thoughtful quality. They even filled their pages and worked methodically. We chose blue and yellow because we had just read Leo Lionni's 'Little Blue and Little Yellow'.
No comments:
Post a Comment