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Foam Plate Relief Prints

Printmaking: Relief Prints

Day 72of 180
Week 15of 36
40Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic relief printing techniques

2

Create a personal relief print design

3

Practice patience and creativity in artistic expression

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 35:31-32

“He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs”

— Exodus 35:31-32 (WEB)

God gives creative abilities and encourages artistic expression as a way to glorify Him

📦 Materials Needed

  • foam sheets or styrofoam trays
  • printing ink or acrylic paint
  • brayer or foam brush
  • white paper
  • pencils
  • scissors
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Yesterday, we learned about printmaking, and today we'll create our very own relief prints.

💭 Review Question: What did you learn about printmaking yesterday?
2Teaching (10 min)

Relief printing is like creating a special stamp. We'll use foam to make our unique design that we can print multiple times.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • A relief print is created by carving or pressing a design into a surface
  • The raised areas will hold the ink and create our print
  • We'll use simple foam to make our artistic design
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What kinds of designs might you want to create?
  • How can we use art to show God's creativity?
3Activity: Create Your Relief Print (20 min)
hands-on

Students will design and create a relief print using foam plates

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw your design lightly on the foam plate with a pencil
  2. Press into the foam to create raised and lowered areas
  3. Apply ink or paint with a brayer
  4. Press paper onto the inked design
  5. Carefully lift to reveal your print
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Create basic shapes or patterns

Challenge: Design a multi-color or layered print

4Closing (5 min)

Let's clean up and share our beautiful prints!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was the most fun part of making your print?
  • How does creating art help us appreciate God's creativity?

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll explore collagraph printing with different textures!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Relief printing is an ancient art form used to create multiple copies of an image

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Protect work surfaces with newspaper or a plastic tablecloth
  • Help younger children press designs into foam gently
  • Encourage creativity and don't worry about perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may find pressing designs into foam challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about creating repeatable art, understanding of basic printing concept

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a series of prints with a theme
  • Use prints to make greeting cards or bookmarks
  • Explore printing on different types of paper

Ready for Tomorrow?

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