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Step 1:
Make a roller with clay or plasticine.
Step 2:
Design your own pattern and engrave
the roller with a pencil or toothpick.
Step 4:
Pass the roller over the paper
to print the pattern.
Step 3:
Apply tempera paint to the surface
of the roller.
Materials:
•
plasticine / clay
•
pencil
•
toothpick
•
paper
•
tempera paint
•
paintbrush
Printing patterns
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Classical Art
Express yourself
Look at these examples of classical patterns.
Listen to the song.
Follow the instructions to make a print with an engraved clay roller.
Show your prints to the class.
Greeks and Roman prints
In classical times, different types
of patterns were used to decorate many
everyday objects such as pots, jars, walls,
clothes and even weapons.
My roller makes patterns
with flowers.
Mine makes a curvy
pattern.