Simple Printing with the Kids

This past weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada and thus all the kids regularly scheduled activities were cancelled. This meant we could make it to Something on Sundays at the Mendel Art Gallery.

This week they were doing some very simple (and clever) prints. First we drew a line drawing on a piece of Styrofoam (cut from a Styrofoam tray), then coloured them with washable markers. After that was complete we wet a piece of paper, placed the Styrofoam plate face down on it and pressed it with a roller – Presto! Simple Prints! (Relatively) mess free and not requiring sharp objects like other simlar block printing methods.

Here’s what we came up with:

(Remember: click on the pictures below to see a slightly larger version)


And Here are the printing plates:


I may have to try this at home sometime… thought I’d have to buy some washable markers…. I’m not a big fan of markers…

Looks like they have a lot of fun stuff lined up for Something on Sundays this fall… I’m kind of sad we’ll be missing most… Ah well, we do plenty of artsy things around here!

Visions of the New Gallery

Some time ago I had mentioned one of the weeks we had been to Something on Sundays at the Mendel Art Gallery, they had been having the kids paint their Vision of the new Art Gallery of Saskatchewan. They were going to select some of the pictures to go up around the building site of the new gallery.

The other day I rode by the site and noticed they had started putting some up - but none of the kids.

(You can click on the picture for a slightly larger version)


Yesterday I noticed they had put up a few more...


...including Keiras:



Yay Keira!!

(You can see a picture of the original in This Previous Post)

Something on Sundays

For the last month or so we've been taking the kids to Something on Sundays at the Mendel Art Gallery. It's a drop in art studio for kids on sundays from 2-4. Good Fun.



Last week they were having kids paint their vision of the new Art Gallery of Saskatchewan (which, it seems, will be replacing the Mendel at some point in the not too distant future - which makes me just a little bit sad... having fond memories of many summer art camps at the Mendel...).

Here's what the kids came up with:


Finegan's vision.


Keira's vision.

I was totally wowed by these. We (surprisingly) don't paint all that much at home (it being a bit "messy" and all...) so I was very impressed with these! Have to do some more painting at home!! (ALL of us!)

Then we made some "artists trading cards"