Monoprint Color Mixing

Lesson Plan

Description

Students will explore mixing colors while creating monoprints. Students will utilize a gel printing plate or other monoprinting surface and employ natural or made items as stencils.

Level

Intermediate

Areas of Study

Nature Printmaking Color

Collections

Applied Color Theory

Lesson Objectives

Students will identify primary, secondary, and intermediate colors.

Students will explore how colors mix to make new tints, shades, and tones.

Students will explore the use of materials such as printing supplies.

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Teaching Strategies

Review the color wheel and how different colors can be created.
Introduce printmaking and monoprinting.
Demonstrate the process of using the gel printing plate to make monoprints.
Demonstrate how to explore color mixing on the gel printing plates.

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National Standards

Create

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Time Requirements

Teacher Prep Time

20 minutes

Demonstration Time

30 minutes

Student Studio Time

2 hours

Supplies and Materials

9” x 12” medium-weight white paper
Gelli plate or other monoprint surface
Acrylic paint
Brayer
Natural elements that are flat, such as leaves
Stencils
Newsprint or old telephone books/magazines
Baby wipes or damp rags

National Standards

Create

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Steps

Review Color Theory

Review primary, secondary, and intermediate colors and how to mix colors. Describe how artists convey messages visually in various ways, including with color, using the Conveying a Message resource.

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