Second Grade “Looks Within”

Second grade artists discussed this year’s PTA reflection theme: “Look Within”, and discussed how we could show in our artwork what is inside of ourselves. We used our new skill of drawing “bubble people” and drew ourselves as a bubble, then filled the inside with things that could help someone learn more about us. Colored …

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Second Grade Symmetry

Second grade artists created a mandala design while they were learning about radial symmetry in the art room! They created a circle out of paper and added 4 lines of symmetry going through the circle. Then they drew designs in one of the pieces of the circle and then repeated their design in each piece! …

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Second Grade Action Sculptures

After learning to draw Keith Haring- inspired bubble people that looked like they were moving, second grade artists created sculptures that were also showing movement! They used wire to create a stick person shape and covered their wire with a layer of tape. Then they posed their sculpture to show a specific movement and covered …

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Second Grade Shows Movement

Second grade artists looked at Keith Haring for their first full art project this year. They noticed that they could tell exactly what movement his “bubble people” were doing, even though they didn’t have details like a face, clothing, or a background to give us hints. We practiced posing and drawing each other in Keith …

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Welcome Back Mural

Welcome back to another wonderful year at Geer Park! Every artist in the school started this year by making 1/4 of a circle shape and filled it with designs and their initials. Then they worked together as a table to create a circle with each of their shapes. All of our individual pieces look nice …

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Second Grade Ceramic Flowers

The second grade artists in Ms. Watts class finished their end of the year projects early and were able to quickly make a ceramic flower to take home with a small piece of our leftover clay!   Most artists chose to make a rose, but a few created other types of flowers. After finishing their …

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Second Grade Circle Weaving

Second grade artists have been busy weaving in the art room! They wove on paper plates and started their project by painting their paper plate. They mixed as many different colors as they could fit using the primary colors, white, and black and added details with a small brush. Then they cut notches in their …

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Student Art Show

This year we have 11 artists in Dearborn’s City Wide Student Art Show! The opening night is Wednesday, April 24th starting at 4:00 and the show will be up until May 29th.  It is located in the Padzieski gallery in the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. Stop by and see all of the wonderful …

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