Printing with Fairborn and Beavercreek High School Students

We Care Arts has a large outreach art program. Our art instructors go to schools, nursing homes, senior centers, adult disability day programs, and wherever there is a need for the magic of art.

 

These students are from Fairborn and Beavercreek High Schools. They receive art classes each week from We Care Arts. Most of these students do not have regular art classes.

 

In this printing experience, they are creating a monoprint background with Gelli Plates and acrylic paint. Next a Thermofax silkscreen was used to print a pattern over the background.

 

 

Austin and Hailey are using bubble wrap, foam stamps and found objects to make textures on the Gelli Plates.

 

 

Austin is using a brayer to roll out the paint on the Gelli Plate.

 

 

Gretchen is helping Hailey spread the paint on the Gelli plate. Hailey silkscreened butterflies over her monoprint.

 

 

Michael and his peer helper are using a Thermofax screen to print a dragon

onto his Gelli print background.

 

 

Abbi is printing with a complimentary color scheme of purple and yellow.

 

 

Here are two examples from the art teacher of monoprints with a silkscreen design.

 

All the artists are amazed and proud of their prints! They are displayed in their rooms and in their annual art show. The teacher, aides and peer helpers at each location are an important part to the success of this program and we thank you all!