Monday: Planographic Printmaking allows the children to press or incise a drawing of an image into a foam plate creating deep grooves. Black block printing ink was rolled over the foam plate. and printed using a brayer and burnishing tool.  The incised lines did not print resulting in the artist's positive image popping off the paper! 

Wednesday: using found objects to create three dimensional sculpture. The palette is limited to white and black paint and any grey in between.  The bottles were stacked upright and inverted to create unique designs. 

Friday: Understanding GREY SCALE or the values of greys as shadows and forms when composing a paining.  Developing a composition for painting begins with plotting the image, foreground, middle ground, and background in grey scale.

Tuesday: Op Art employs the juxtaposition of lines to create optical of a three dimensional object on a two dimensional surface. 

Thursday:  Searching for all the greys between a black oil pastel and a white oil pastel! Various unique tie-dye patterns result from pulling an pink pearl eraser through concentric circles created with black and white oil pastels. 

Thursday II:  The Japanese art of NOTAN is an exercise to help understand the dramatic simplicity of possibilities when balancing positive and negative space. The unique black and white compositions are both whimsical and elegant.