![EXPLORING LINES – Relief Printmaking](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/lessonPlans/exploring-lines-relief-printmaking/ebd371070dfe518b8fd82f456101d41a-cover.png)
Supplies:
- Crayola Broad Line Markers
- Crayola Marker & Watercolour Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12")
- Lined Paper - 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm (8 ½" x 11")
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/64450d0bdf81faa5bf0aaf47cf68bfb6-stepSml.png)
Downstrokes are always thick.
- Practice making downstrokes.
- hold the marker at about a 45° angle from the paper
- apply pressure on the downstroke as you pull the marker towards you
- use the flat side of the marker
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/703db3bd725685955221effe97996727-stepSml.png)
Upstrokes are always thin.
- Practice making upstrokes.
- you may want to rotate the marker so you are holding it in a vertical position
- press lightly on the upstroke as you push the marker away from you
- use the tip of the marker
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/30bcbef44f7da61d79f4ba01f98be641-stepSml.png)
- Practice making thick and thin strokes.
- Fill a page with:
- thick straight lines
- thin straight lines
- loops
- ovals
- compound curves (combinations of thick and thin lines)
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/7222be850e38ffd3b302943059ad49cf-stepSml.png)
- Use the alphabet sheets to practice making letters.
- The more you practice, the better your letters will be.
5
![Step 5](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/75c296a130dd85ae0db22f170841f16a-stepSml.png)
- Practice joining the letters together.
- Work to keep the letters on the same angle.
- Focus on using light pressure to make thin upstrokes, and heavy pressure to make thick downstrokes.
- Write your name and other words.
- Practice, practice, practice!
Subjects:
Grades:
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8,
Grade 9