Second GRADE
Meet the Artist! Alexander Calder
Students read Meet the Artist! Alexander Calder by Patricia Geis, an interactive pop-up book about Calder's life and artworks. Students examined Calder's various styles of art from Mobiles to Primary Color Paintings to Recycled/Found Art. Students will be interpreting Calder's styles by making and manipulating their own mobiles, experimenting with organic and geometric shapes in primary color paintings, and collecting and rearranging found materials to assemble sculptures. Students will evaluate their own work throughout the process.
Students read Meet the Artist! Alexander Calder by Patricia Geis, an interactive pop-up book about Calder's life and artworks. Students examined Calder's various styles of art from Mobiles to Primary Color Paintings to Recycled/Found Art. Students will be interpreting Calder's styles by making and manipulating their own mobiles, experimenting with organic and geometric shapes in primary color paintings, and collecting and rearranging found materials to assemble sculptures. Students will evaluate their own work throughout the process.
Oil Pastel Snowmen
Students reproduced snowmen drawings by translating shapes and modifying their drawings through experimentation of mixing oil pastels. Students were able to synthesize the process by organizing shapes and constructing unique drawings.
Students reproduced snowmen drawings by translating shapes and modifying their drawings through experimentation of mixing oil pastels. Students were able to synthesize the process by organizing shapes and constructing unique drawings.
Action Figures
Students studied the figure by making tinfoil armatures in action poses and then wrapping the armature in strips of magazine paper. Students observed each other in various poses as well as arranging gesture dolls to see how the joints worked.
Students studied the figure by making tinfoil armatures in action poses and then wrapping the armature in strips of magazine paper. Students observed each other in various poses as well as arranging gesture dolls to see how the joints worked.
Students in Second Grade studied various color concepts throughout the school year and wrote color poems to celebrate their artwork and their knowledge. Click on the following StoryJumper link to read the book.
Color My World by James Morris School Second Grade
A Color Book by Warren School Second Grade
A Color Book by Goshen Center School Second Grade
Color My World by James Morris School Second Grade
A Color Book by Warren School Second Grade
A Color Book by Goshen Center School Second Grade
Tints, Shades, and Monochromatic Color
Students are in the process of learning about the Art Element: Value (contrast of light, mid-tone, and dark) by mixing tints (adding white paint) and shades (adding black paint). Students began painting a value scale using white and black Tempera paint. The next step will be to select one hue (color) to create a Monochromatic Value Scale. Mono = One. Chromatic = Brightness or Darkness. The final outcome will be to paint a Monochromatic Painting of a Heart.
Students are in the process of learning about the Art Element: Value (contrast of light, mid-tone, and dark) by mixing tints (adding white paint) and shades (adding black paint). Students began painting a value scale using white and black Tempera paint. The next step will be to select one hue (color) to create a Monochromatic Value Scale. Mono = One. Chromatic = Brightness or Darkness. The final outcome will be to paint a Monochromatic Painting of a Heart.
Complementary Colors
Students created amazing Hand Zentangles using Complementary Colors. The focus of the project was to select a Complementary Pair (opposite colors on the color wheel). Students traced their hands (often with help from a friend), and filled in the hands with tints and shades of one color and the negative space (the space outside the hands) with another color. The "zen" part involved drawing silently, while listening to music. The "tangle" part was to create patterns using line and shapes that shifted in a web-like tangle.
Complementary Pairs:
Students created amazing Hand Zentangles using Complementary Colors. The focus of the project was to select a Complementary Pair (opposite colors on the color wheel). Students traced their hands (often with help from a friend), and filled in the hands with tints and shades of one color and the negative space (the space outside the hands) with another color. The "zen" part involved drawing silently, while listening to music. The "tangle" part was to create patterns using line and shapes that shifted in a web-like tangle.
Complementary Pairs:
- Red and Green
- Violet and Yellow
- Blue and Orange
Glazed Pre-Made Bisque Tiles
Second graders had the opportunity to explore color on pre-made bisque tiles. Each student selected his/her own glaze colors. This student focused on using Primary Colors: Blue, Yellow, and Red.
Second graders had the opportunity to explore color on pre-made bisque tiles. Each student selected his/her own glaze colors. This student focused on using Primary Colors: Blue, Yellow, and Red.
This tile uses Neutral Colors: Black and Tan.
Snowflakes, Math, and the Absence of Color (White)
Folding paper is an art in itself. Origami has been around for centuries and requires precise folding and following a specified sequence of steps. Students learned to fold paper on the table and to "iron" their folds. Students discussed what does whole, half, and thirds mean as they folded white square paper to create white round snowflakes. No two snowflakes are alike, as no two fingerprints are the same. Students cut out beautiful shapes to create beautiful snowflakes.
Folding paper is an art in itself. Origami has been around for centuries and requires precise folding and following a specified sequence of steps. Students learned to fold paper on the table and to "iron" their folds. Students discussed what does whole, half, and thirds mean as they folded white square paper to create white round snowflakes. No two snowflakes are alike, as no two fingerprints are the same. Students cut out beautiful shapes to create beautiful snowflakes.
The Final Product
Look at this beautiful snowflake! It is perfectly symmetrical, illustrating radial balance.
Look at this beautiful snowflake! It is perfectly symmetrical, illustrating radial balance.
Students recently completed Color Wheels using the Primary Colors. Students mixed Primary Colors to create Secondary and Tertiary Colors (Intermediate Colors). Second Grade students will focus on a year-long journey in the study of the Art Element: Color. Recently students studied the color Neutral. Check out their paper bag trees on my blog and ask students what colors apply to "Neutral."