In Year 3 this week we have been exploring relief printing using polystyrene tiles.

Relief printing is where the surface is inked and printed from and anything that is cut away or pushed down from the surface doesn’t print because ink doesn’t touch it when the roller is rolling over the surface. Any incised lines, marks or shapes which are pushed down will show as white – or the paper colour you’re printing on.

In art, we have been looking at different drawing techniques and have been looking at the work of painter Tracy Savage. We used our own ideas to create our own versions of Hull landmarks with a Tracy Savage twist and were able to produce some excellent work!

We used pencils to create marks in the tiles and ensured that the indentations we were making were sufficient to create a good print. We then used paint and rolled it onto the tile to create some fabulous pieces that we were all really proud of.