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Hi, this is Joelle Meijer .
I will show you how to print snowmen using a styrofoam tray.
This project will also teach the concepts of positive and negative in painting.
Recycle a styrofoam tray, preferably without any markings at least on one side.
Remove the edges to keep only a flat section of the tray.
Draw a snowman with all kinds of details using a pencil with a rounded tip.
If necessary, retrace on all the lines of your drawing a second time,
pushing on your pencil to create deep grooves in the styrofoam.
Prepare a sheet of black paper and put white paint on the styrofoam.
Then spread the paint evenly over the styrofoam with a roller.
Avoid putting too much paint because it may accumulate in the grooves
and in that case the lines of your drawing will not be as visible.
If you put too much paint, remove the excess from the grooves with a cotton swab
and spread the paint again with the roller.
Flip the styrofoam on the black sheet of paper
and press all over the styrofoam to get a good consistent result.
Carefully remove the styrofoam from the sheet of paper and enjoy the result!
You can clearly see the outline of the snowman and all the details in black
while the snowman is white.
Clean the styrofoam and the roller and repeat the same experiment
with a different colour of paper and a different colour of paint.
Prepare a sheet of white paper and the styrofoam plate.
Pour black paint on the styrofoam and spread the paint with the roller.
When you are satisfied with the paint and you have checked that there is
not too much paint in the grooves, turn the styrofoam over on the white paper.
As before, press everywhere on the styrofoam to get a consistent print result.
Carefully remove the styrofoam sheet from the paper and enjoy the result!
Instead of the black lines of the first example, in this case, the lines are white,
while the rest of the snowman is black.
This image is the negative of the other.
To create more prints later, clean the styrofoam and the roller
and continue to experiment with other colours!
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To print the illustrated instructions for this project,
click on the link below the video.