The first and second grade artists in Mrs. Salami’s class created a falling leaves painting at the beginning of autumn! Artists looked at different kinds of leaves and drew several of them on their paper. Since leaves fall off of the tress in fall, some artists chose to add white lines to make the leaves …
On the first day of art class this year each artist practiced our art room procedures. Then, everyone made their own monochromatic self portrait for our Welcome Back Mural. We learned that monochromatic means ‘one color’ and we colored our self portraits with just one color. A self-portrait is a picture an artist draws of themselves! Once …
For the last art class of the school year, second grade artists looked at some of the lighthouses in Michigan and discussed what the job of a lighthouse is. Each artist drew and colored a lighthouse, painted a background, and then glued the lighthouse to the background.
Second grade artists have been busy weaving in the art room! They began this project by decorating a paper plate with concentric circles using tempera paint. Shapes and types of lines were added in each concentric circle with paint. Next, students turned their paper plate into a loom by cutting 19 notches and adding a …
Second grade artists have created flower collages in the art room! We looked at the parts of a flower and the job of each part. Artists used painted papers they had made while learning about texture to cut out their stems, leaves, and, petals. All of the pieces were glued down to a paper to …
Second grade artists in Mrs. Beydoun’s class are studying the country of India! In art class, each artist has been working on their own henna designs. Each artist traced their hands and then used a combination of shapes and lines to create their own unique henna designs. In class, we looked at different henna designs from …
Second grade artists in Mrs. Davidson’s class have been learning about the country of Morocco in class. They looked at Moroccan tiles in the art room. Each artist created their own tile design that was symmetrical. Then, they carved their design onto a piece of Styrofoam using a pencil. They used ink and a brayer …
The second grade artists in Mrs. Beydoun’s class have been studying the country of India in their classroom. In the art room, artists looked at the elephants from India and how they are decorated during festivals and holidays. We learned how the elephant can represent wisdom in India and that elephants have very good memories! …
Second grade artists were learning about 3-D shapes in their classrooms and learned how to draw and shade six of the 3-D shapes in art class! First we practiced labeling and sketching the 3-D shapes, or forms. Next each artist drew one form on a different colored paper. Chalk was used to add a shadow to one …
Second grade artists have been “traveling” to the West Indies in music and art class. They looked at the brightly colored houses and tropical trees from the West Indies. Then students created a drawing that showed some of these trees and houses in the foreground, middle ground, and background. The further away an object is, …