If you think making plates is just for little kids, think again!

We did this just for fun, no great art lesson, perhaps a bit of simplification and color, but we again combined technology with the concept of self portraits. You could also do the same thing and create iron on T-shirt transfers! Or...how about block prints! A great idea for your 8th grade graduates.

Step by Step Procedure:

1. Take digital headshots and upload to hard drive
2. Open photos in Photoshop Elements
3. Make sure the foreground color is black
4. Under Filter Menu choose Sketch
5. Under Sketch Sub Menu choose Stamp
6. Print out photo
7. Place print out of photo under a circular sheet from a Makit Plate Kit
8. Using the markers from the kit or similar watercolor markers, trace the print out onto the circular sheet in the colors you have chosen
9. You cannot use pencils, erasers, or white out, so this needs to be done carefully
10. Then you can send the designs to the company and have plates made, or iron on transfers or create block prints!

 

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