Impressionism Monochromatic Unit

In our Red 2 Art classes we started learning about Impressionism art. We created a monochromatic print in this study. There was a glass placed on each table and we drew the glass on a white sheet of paper. We then placed a sheet of plexi-glass over the top of our drawing and painted on the plexi-glass with watercolors paints. Because this was a monochromatic painting the kids had to choose one color to paint the glass adding only white and black to that color for variations in the print. They could then choose a second color for the background. While the paint was still wet, we would lay a very slightly wet piece of watercolors paper on the glass and pressed gently. We then peeled the paper away to show our prints. Some of these took a couple of tries as the paint would dry before the students could get around to trying to print it.