2. Lesson Title: Be a Leader and not Lethal
4. Grade Level(s): eight grade students
5. Duration: Five days for 45 minutes (add 20 minutes for clean-up).
6. Lesson Focus:
Students in my 8th grade class will make posters to protest violence in Chicago. Students will explore Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez art work. Students will identify how the artist work is related or dissimilar to their own ideas. Students will explore the principles of design and be able to describe how the choices of tools/technologies and processes are used to create specific effects in the arts.
7. Objectives:
As a result of discussing, demonstrating …show more content…
Who are Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez.
Sample of prints by Elizabeth Catlett and Leopoldo Méndez.
Day 2: Field Trip
Students will visit the Art Institute of Chicago to explore works of art created by Leopoldo Méndez and Elizabeth Catlett. Students will go on a scavenger hunt to find prints that are related to their ideas and give students inspiration for the kind of prints they would like to create.
Day 3-4: Art Production
Part 1
1st Sketch out your design on paper and then transfer it to tracing paper. Next flip the traced image over and trace it on the Linoleum sheet. Then place the linoleum sheet on a wooden plate (the plate is used to steady the linoleum and to prevent injury to your fingers). Students will decide what areas of their design they want to be positive or negative. Using the carving tools, students will cut away the areas they want to be negative, leaving the positive areas as a raised …show more content…
Add one sheet at a time until all of the sheets have been added. Flip the pack and then begin removing the paper one sheet at a time, allowing the water to run off the paper. Create about 6/7 layers of 4-mil polyethylene Then place each sheet on top of one of the 4-mil polyethylene layers like a sandwich. After the last sheet of soaked paper is placed on the stack, press and rub the stack to remove any air pockets. Lastly remove paper.
Part 3
The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller or (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a printing press. If the printing is done by hand, the students will use a wooden spoon to apply pressure to the surface of the linoleum sheet. A printing machine can be used but most school do not have this expensive equipment. Place completed print on a drying rack.
Clean up
Wear Gloves! Turn on the ventilation! Open Windows!
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