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Second Grade Art 2022-2023
Check out what's happening in the Art Room!
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Scribble Creatures!
I'm Not Just a Scribble is an endearing story about different emotions by Diane Abler. On our first day of art, we talked about all the different emotions we can experience throughout any given day, then created our own scribble creatures using crayons, markers and eyeball stickers.
Collaborative Circles
These stunning banners began with a simple shape that even the youngest artists know how to create-a circle (the universal symbol of unity). Working together with all the students in the class, layers of circles and colors were added to produce a much more complex design.
The collaborative process is so powerful because everyone contributed equally and enthusiastically. By working together we were able to eliminate the creative block, develop our own artistic intuition and build self confidence.
Painted Collage Paper
Second graders were introduced to painting procedures in the art room by creating several sheets of painted papers. These papers will be saved for future collage projects. This method of using painted collage papers can be found in many popular children's books by the author/illustrator Eric Carle.
During this lesson, we covered many important art room procedures. We learned how to wear an art apron, how to hold a brush, how to keep our hands clean, how to put our wet paintings on the drying rack and how to clean our tables.
Laurel Burch Style Cats
Laurel Burch is an artist best known for her whimsical paintings of cats. Second graders looked at several of her paintings and discovered that her artwork is considered "abstract" because she chooses to not paint her cats realistic like a photograph. Instead, she prefers to use bright and bold colors, patterns and lines in her work.
We drew our own abstract cats in her style, then learned a cool technique where we turned Crayola markers into watercolor paint!
Warm Leaves
The air is crisp and cold. The leaves are turning shades of orange, red and yellow. That’s right-Autumn has finally arrived!
To celebrate the season, second graders created these beautiful leaf paintings with watercolors. We focused on overlapping our leaves to create an interesting composition then adding details like veins and stems. Once our drawings were complete, we talked about how to properly hold a paintbrush and used watercolors in warm colors.
Owls
Second graders studied 3 different color families to create these wise old owls. First we used oil pastels to draw different kinds of lines on our papers. Then we painted over our lines with our choice of warm or cool watercolors. Textured bark paper was created by scraping neutral colors of tempera paint with paint combs. Finally we cut and assembled all of our papers into a colorful owl collage.
Pattern Landscapes
Heather Galler is a contemporary folk artist from Rochester, New York. She is best known for her whimsical style that incorporates bold patterns and colors.
We drew country landscapes using Heather Galler's simplified style. We added lots of patterns with oil pastels and then painted them with watercolors.
Winter Cardinals
Did you know that the cardinal is the state bird of Ohio? The second graders do!
These charming birds were created with scraps of paper, a few dabs of paint and a lot of creativity! First we designed pine tree branches using kwik stick paint sticks. In our next art session, we created beautiful birds using scraps of construction paper. Circles, tear drops, ovals and triangles were drawn and cut to form the bodies of our birds.
Tint Landscapes
Second Graders studied the basic parts of a landscape: foreground, middleground and background. We learned that objects in the background are far away so they look small, while objects in the foreground are close by, so they appear big.
We painted different tints of blue and green by mixing white in our paint. After our paintings were dry we cut them up to make a winter collage that demonstrates the concept of near and far. We completed these winter wonderlands by stamping patterns on our picture frames with q-tips and cardboard.
Color Mixing Paint Factories
Second Grade
*All artwork will be returned in portfolios after the spring district art show.
