4th Grade
Symmetry Prints
To create these symmetrical and asymmetrical works of art each 4th grade student created a symmetrical or asymmetrical foam printing plate and printed it on the desired colored paper. Farmingville art students then used relief printing to print their design, a printmaking technique that uses a printing block that you cover with ink or paint and press onto paper. The areas or lines gouged out do not print. (Examples: woodcut, block print, linocut, styrofoam plate, etc.) They then carefully cut them out and tiled them together to create a radial design. For added emphasis they created patterns on their borders with sharpie and metallic colored pencils.
Symmetry:
Balance created by making both sides of an artwork the same, equal or almost the same.
Asymmetrical balance:
A type of balance in which the two sides of an artwork are not exactly alike, but are still visually balanced.
