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Wildflower Watercolor Prints 5x5 Gelli™ Plates Liquid watercolor in spray bottles Permanent, fine point, black markers Small, flat or round brushes Heavy weight, multi media paper, I used Canson™ Acrylic 140lb In this Gelli™ Plate printing process students used liquid watercolor in a spray bottle to build layers of color on heavyweight paper as a background for a wildflower drawing. I did this lesson with upper elementary & middle school aged students, but it could easily be

RAD Radial Prints with Texture Using Monoprinting & Collagraph printing techniques. 5x5 Gelli Printing Plate 5x5 piece of sturdy, thick ground material like cardboard, mat board or foam core Texture plates, bubble wrap, burlap etc. Geometric Foam Stickers Brightly colored acrylic paint, I used Plaid Crafts Apple Barrel gloss. Heavyweight paper cut to 6x6” (4-8 or more pieces per student), I used Canson™ Acrylic 140lb Large background piece to mount finished product to (large

Simple STEAM Printmaking Bookmark I was specifically asked to use a the Gelli™ Printing Plates after the organizers for a summer STEAM program saw a demonstration I did at a local Makers Fair that was really a to preview my summer classes. This project was done as part of a STEAM workshop in a local middle school, but was open to children of all ages in the community. As a result, the project needed to be able to be completed and successful for children who ranged in age from