Silk Banner Residency- Day 2

The second day of our silk banner residency was all about tracing the enlarged banner designs onto our stretched silk and going over them with a resist.  

First, we carefully placed our plan underneath the frame, and the first students from each class traced the design with pencils onto the silk. Next, we needed to add the black resist. This medium is used to make the lines of our design permanent on the silk and acts as a barrier to contain the dye in specific areas. It is like a fence that prevents the colored dye from touching and mixing together.

 

When adding the black resist, it is important to take your time, because once it is on the silk, it is permanent.  Mrs.Newell also talked about the importance of making our lines uniform, like one person did them even though many many students are working on the project. This helps to create unity throughout the composition of our banners. The students did a wonderful job of taking their time and making our lines look neat.

As always, we had a few mess-ups but we followed one of our art classroom mottos of “Mess-up, Fix-up”.  Artists, even professional ones, never do everything perfect all the time, but that is when our creativity comes in handy. If you mess up, never just give-up! Instead, figure out how to make it work in the artwork. Sometimes mistakes can lead to changes that end up making the artwork even better than the original plan. This is a practice that is not only helpful in art, but in all walks of life.

Mr. LaRiviere, Mrs. Ryals and Mrs. Moorer, today's parent volunteers, working on some finishing touches at the end of the day.

Ms. Johnson’s track 2 5^th grade started adding color today. The other classes will begin next week so keep checking the blog for more updates on our Artist in Residency.