Printmaking
Use your ink wisely to make your pumpkins
"glow!"
These were so much fun...took a few 40 minute classes, though.
We simply drew one oval (tall or chubby guy) on 4.5" x 6" foam scratch board sheets. Flat meat trays work as well. We cut out the shape and put vertical, curved lines pressed into the printing foam.
Print...using one blob of orange ink and one yellow (on the right and left side of a tray.) This will give you a very neat illuminated effect as you roll your pumpkin (foam) and print it on brown paper.
Note: Students made two prints. One of their own...then, we stopped- made a GROUP SWAP- then did our second print of a buddies. Be sure that they have their names on both (2) brown sheets prior to the ink mess!!!! Trust me!
Design the background as you wish. We created ripped paper hills- and used the extra piece for ripped earth textures. We made a few crayon lines and obviously designed cute faces, colored stems and added small "fish eye" stickers for an extra boo- effect. Be sure to place a moon somewhere with purpose-these really do "GLOW" in person because of the yellow ink on one side of the pumpkin.
What a great idea to use meat trays for a print!
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