Inspired by Art Teacher extraordinaire, Kaitlyn Edington, who used the a CD printing method as the background for some student self-portraits (find other awesome ideas on her Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/artwithmrs.e/?hl=en) I tried CD printing for the first time with my first graders. To create the CD flower prints, students painted a CD (that I had hot glued a marker cap on the back, to make it easier to hold,) used a tool or their finger to draw a flower design into the wet paint, then pressed the CD facedown on a large piece of white paper. We used tempera paint, which seemed to dry just a little too quickly for the 1st grade pace. Because some of my slower workers ended up with flower prints that were a little thin, the next day we broke out the oil pastels and watercolors to fill in any empty areas, add details, and outline. We also used those oil pastels and watercolors (this combo is always a hit with the younger crowd) to create unique vases for their flowers. To finish it off, they chose a large piece of colored paper for their backgrounds and a patterned piece of scrapbooking paper for their tablecloth. This presented us with the perfect opportunity to talk about space.
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Sam PlaschElementary Art Teacher Archives
May 2018
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