Printed Fish School

This week we talked about EMPHASIS and how artists can draw attention to a certain element in their artwork. We learned about the impressive net paintings of UTTAPORN NIMMALAIKAEW (NO, I CANNOT pronounce that name!) and Li Hongbo's very cool paper accordion-style busts. We then made fish prints using cut-out fish templates in various sizes for the background and blue printed fish shapes on top of those. I cut my own fish stamp from a piece of craft foam glued to foam board. The students enjoyed rolling the paint roller over the stamp, which means I'll definitely include more printmaking in the future. The idea was to color the white paper fish in the background and have the big printed fish stand out for emphasis, but it turned out to be a lesson in pattern or harmony since no area really stood out over the other in the end (oh well! Still a fun project!)