Author Archives: Sharon
Screen Printing with High School Students
After I learned the basics of screen printing by attending a one-day workshop, and after introducing screen printing to my middle school art students, I was ready to include this unit in my high school art ed curriculum. We used … Continue reading
Screen Printing with Middle School Students
After attending a one-day workshop on screen printing, I was ready to introduce my students to this fun art form. I ordered Mask-Ease (which is still available on Blick Art Materials), quart containers of water-based Speedball fabric inks in 4 … Continue reading
Screen Printing Workshop (For Adults)
In November 2008, I attended a workshop on screen printing at our local community college. As an art teacher, I was always looking for new and exciting projects for my students, and I thought this would be a lot of … Continue reading
Printmaking Demonstration by Mary Azarian
Mary Azarian–recipient of the 1999 Caldecott Medal for her artwork in the children’s book “Snowflake Bentley”–visited students at my school in March 2002 to demonstrate her woodcarving and printmaking techniques. She began her demonstration by showing the wood and the … Continue reading
Handmade Paper
Our basic materials for papermaking included a blender, two dishpans, two 8″ x 10″ stretcher frames covered with fine nylon screen, paper that we salvaged from various recycling bins around our school, sponges, towels, and newspapers. Before starting this unit, … Continue reading
Torn Paper Portraits
As a short-term project, students created torn paper self-portraits. A picture was taken of each student and it was abstracted in Photoshop using the cut-out filter. This filter breaks the image down into specific values and students chose the number … Continue reading
The Birthday Gift
It was my birthday. As I left work at my school and started to drive home, I thought of how different my birthdays used to be. When my kids were young and my parents were still alive we’d get together … Continue reading
A Pilgrimage to Maine
My parents and I first visited the coast of Maine in the early 1960s. Even as a young child I was just as enchanted and mesmerized as my parents were by the things we saw and heard at the edge … Continue reading
Frequencies – Revisited
I’m no stranger to strange events, but sometimes it’s very easy for me to get caught up in the busy “here and now” world. At times I sort of forget that everyday life is just the proverbial tip of an … Continue reading
The Envelope
In December 2005, my family members and I were trying to cope with the sudden and unexpected death of a very special loved one. While I have absolute faith that those who have “gone on” are okay, those of us … Continue reading