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Design Planning

Printmaking: Relief Printing

Day 38of 180
Week 8of 36
45Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how designs must be planned in reverse for relief printing

2

Create an original design that works effectively as a print

3

Develop patience and intentionality in artistic planning

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 21:5

“The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit, as surely as haste leads to poverty.”

— Proverbs 21:5 (WEB)

Just as careful planning leads to successful artwork, spiritual planning and intentionality lead to godly living

📦 Materials Needed

  • Pencils
  • White drawing paper
  • Styrofoam trays
  • Eraser
  • BibleMouse Design Worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Review previous day's styrofoam practice prints and discuss how designs appear differently when printed

💭 Review Question: What did you notice about how your image looked when printed?
2Teaching (15 min)

Introduce design planning principles for relief printing

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Images print in reverse, so you must plan accordingly
  • Consider which areas will be raised vs recessed
  • Think about creating visual interest through lines and shapes
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How might you create an interesting design?
  • What subjects might work well for a print?
3Activity: Design Planning Sketch (20 min)
hands-on

Students will create an initial design sketch using BibleMouse Design Worksheet

📝 Instructions:
  1. Fold paper in half to simulate printing process
  2. Sketch initial design lightly in pencil
  3. Check how design will look when reversed
  4. Refine design for visual interest
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use symmetrical designs like animals or simple objects

Challenge: Create complex designs with multiple layers or textures

4Closing (5 min)

Share designs and discuss planning process

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was challenging about planning your design?
  • How did you solve design problems?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll transfer our designs to printing blocks

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Relief printing requires thinking about design in reverse

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage experimentation
  • Help child understand positive and negative space
  • Be patient with design process
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding how designs will look when printed

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Intentional design choices and creative problem-solving

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Research historical printmakers in BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Create additional design sketches exploring different themes

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