Animal Relief Prints

Students are learning about relief printmaking and reduction printmaking techniques.

4th Grade knocked out these beautiful Relief Animal Prints.

Students drew an animal in a habitat. Many students looked at photos of animals and drew on a 

9 x 12 paper. They looked at Line, Shape, Size, and Placement as they drew.

Next, they turned their composition into a relief print. 

Students taped their composition onto a 9x 12 scratch foam and etched their print. They traced all their lines pressing down medium - hard to the foam. 

They knew that the drawing would not be the final project. 

They were encourage to create 3 prints and experiment with reduction techniques and
 use contrasting colors or complementary colors. 

"Baby Gorilla"

Sloth in a Tree

Love These Complementary Colors!

Look at these amazing animal prints!

A Sweet Leopard

Grizzly Bear

Doesn't this  Sloth  just steal your heart?

Lion on The Prowl

Monarch

What Fine Work!

Arctic Penguins

Parrot

Box Turtle

Sea Turtle

Bunny with Carrot

Love the Details on the shell!

Hedgehog

Reef Shark

Flamingo

"The Deep Sea"

"Pigs At The Farm"

This was a long project and took many students at least 5 days to create.

 However,  the results were outstanding! They sure did a beautiful job!