Amate Bark Drawings. Boiled and pounded from the bark of amate wild fig tree xalama jonote and mulberry trees this acid free paper is a wonderful choice for fine art uses including acrylic or gouache paintings ink and pastel drawings stamping blockprinting bookmakingbookbinding and paper crafts. For ages 6 to 13.
24 x 16 charcoal on amate bark 2017. Amate is a hand crafted paper made from bark. KEY IDEAS Learning about a native art of Mexico Drawing from imagination Working with texture LANGUAGE texture f.
Viewing examples of Amate bark paintings students were asked to identify commonalities between the works and thus formed several main objectives for creation of a successful painting.
Boiled and pounded from the bark of amate wild fig tree xalama jonote and mulberry trees this acid free paper is a wonderful choice for fine art uses including acrylic or gouache paintings ink and pastel drawings stamping blockprinting bookmakingbookbinding and paper crafts. List any words that come to mind. Also see the Amate Youtube Channel for more videos. It was the most used paper by the Mesoamerican cultures.