During a study of artist Alexander Calder, Kinder through Third Grade students created crazy line sculptures out of air-dry clay and pipe cleaners. The students displayed these on their homeroom desks for Open House which also happened to be Big Art Day.
Showing posts with label Second Grade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Second Grade. Show all posts
Saturday, March 12, 2016
First, Second, and Third Grade: 'I Have a Dream"
The First, Second, and Third Grade students brainstormed various dreams they have for the future as we learned about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They then drew a self-portrait with a thought bubble to illustrate their dream.
Second Grade Snowmen
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2015/2016,
Art,
Book,
Collage,
Light Source,
Oil Pastels,
Reading,
Second Grade,
Shade,
Shadow,
Snowman,
Snowmen at Night,
Tint,
Value,
Window
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
Students who finished work early worked at the collaborative table to create large snowman collages using construction paper and sheet music to songs such as "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?", "Winter Wonderland", and more.
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2015/2016,
Art,
Collaborative Art,
Collage,
Fifth Grade,
First Grade,
Fourth Grade,
Kindergarten,
Music,
Second Grade,
Sheet Music,
Snowman,
Third Grade
Collaborative Joan Miro Inspired Mural
The students worked in small groups to create Miro inspired designs and then pieced them together to create a large display:
Second Grade Pumpkins
Labels:
2015/2016,
Art,
Drawing,
Fall,
Lines,
Painting,
Pumpkins,
Second Grade,
Watercolors
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Second Grade Rockets
Second Grade practiced using a ruler as a tool for measurement when drawing. Each student had to draw a rocket ship that was five inches long. They then added various lines to be the flames. The students colored the rocket ship with crayons and then painted the lines in color wheel order.
Labels:
2015/2016,
Art,
Color,
Color Wheel,
Lines,
Math,
Measurement,
Ruler,
Second Grade,
Space,
Water Colors
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Gelli Print Flowers
Here are some large scale flowers that my students made from Gelli Prints. I talked about Gelli Printing in my previous post. My kids absolutely love making Gelli Prints and I think these turned out awesome. The students worked in stations to trace and cut out circles and petal shapes. They then glued them together. I hung up their flowers in the back hallway of our school by the art room.
Gelli Prints
I took a professional development class this year from one of our district's awesome high school art teachers. The class was over Gelli Printing. I had never heard of this technique before but found it very interesting and so did my students. I used a recipe I found online to make more permanent Gelli Plates although you can buy them. I could not find where I had written down the recipe we were given at the professional development session. The recipe I used just called for gelatin, glycerine, and rubbing alcohol. I made several plates over Spring Break in various sized casserole dishes. My principal approved the purchase of a small refrigerator to keep in the art room for Gelli Plate storage. Here are some prints my students from Kinder all the way through Fifth Grade made. They used whatever colors of tempera they wanted and a variety of texture tools. I'll post later some of the finished projects they turned their prints into.
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