Crayon Rubbings

We are learning to use a variety of printmaking techniques and processes to produce original works of art.

We have made our own cardboard printing blocks that we are now using to explore different printmaking techniques. Below are some examples of the first technique we explored, which was crayon rubbings. We are delighted with how they turned out.

Here are the steps we took to produce our prints.

How we made our cardboard block:

- designed a draft cardboard block on paper

- transferred this to two pieces of cardboard

- cut and glued the pieces together

- let dry

Crayon Rubbings:

- placed white paper over top of our block

- rubbed a crayon over the top of the paper

...it was like magic was happening as our pattern appeared.

*Our next post will have our dry ink prints to display