Student Work: "Ladybug" and "Cricket"

I teach through the Wagner Free Institute for Science's SNAP program. Right now my kids are studying Entomology for the science curriculum, and for the complimentary art portion I'm having them create woodcuts inspired by insects.

Two of my kids showed up the day we did drawings on blocks, but they didn't show up for either of the carving days. This deeply disappointed me since I knew their drawings would make awesome woodcuts. So today I took those blocks home and did the carving for them.



Hopefully the kids will come back on the days we are printing and get to see how the process of woodcut printmaking transformed their drawings. In the meantime, here are the proofs of Cam's Ladybug and Christian's Cricket. (Both are approximately 4" x 4".)

"Tigerfly"

Tigerfly
woodcut 5" x 27" (image) 10.5" x 31.5" (paper) 
Water-based inks on Rives BFK
Available for purchase here. 

I finally finished this print for my youngest daughter, Eulabee. The poor girl is going to have "bee" themed stuff probably her whole lifetime, so I hope she likes them. At least the bees aren't central here; they and the fireflies share second fiddle with the Tigerfly, a fantastic creature from my imagination. Coming up with the idea and drawing this was a lot of fun. My favorite aspect of this image is that I can't decide if the Tigerfly is tiny or if the other insects are huge.