Plant Printmaking

With the 1st graders, we will look at Audubon's illustrations of birds that include plants.  We will trace and draw our own plants using lines and shapes.  The next class we will identify shapes and forms to model plants in clay.  After modeling plants we will videotape student explaining the shapes and forms they used to create his plant.  Later we will learn about printmaking.  Each student will create and change the print made 3 times.  The last class we will draw a monoprint of a plant using shapes and forms.  This will coordinate with the Science unit the students are learning about.  As an artist the student will know that artist's illustrate informational, or reference books also.  They will also experience printmaking and change each print.