Starry Night Collage

Clay Turtles

The second grade students created clay turles by starting with an upside down pinch pot as the shell. Next, the students pinched a head, tail, and feet from the existing pinch pot. To complete the turtles, the students painted the turtles with various shades of green tempra paint.

Printmaking!

The 2nd Grade Students learned about the process of relief printmaking. The students created drawings of insects with a sharp pencil on a styrafoam tray. Next, the students used the brayer to roll ink onto the tray, and they printed the image multiple times. The students loved seeing the results and being able to create multiples. The project was a bit messy, but it was worth putting the clean up time in ;)

Jazz!

I borrowed this idea from another blogger http://linesdotsanddoodles.blogspot.com/The second grade students listened to jazz musician Duke Ellington, and they identified the instruments, movement, and rhythm of the music. After listening to the music, the students were inspired to create jazz collages that show the instruments, movement, and rhythm of jazz!

Go Fish!

The Second Grade students recently put on the musical production "Go Fish!" The students created the following fish collages to illustrate the production:

Henri Matisse Collage

The Second Grade Students learned about the life of Henri Mattisse, and they viewed his painting "The Goldfish" (1910). The students were inspired to create collages with bold colors and patterns. Some students exceeded expectations and created three dimensional paper scenes!

Egyptian Self Portraits

The second grade students viewed the art of Ancient Egypt. They learned the function of the paintings and the stylistic conventions used by the Egyptians.

The Ancient Egyptians painted idealized versions of deceased individuals on the walls of tombs, because they believed the deceased person would exist in the afterlife as the person in the painting.

The Ancient Egyptians painted an individual's head in profile, while they painted a frontal view of the same individual's eye.

The second grade students created self portraits in the Ancient Egyptian style. Some students had enough time to add hieroglyphics!

Ancient Owls

The second grade students created these batik owl collages. I adapted this lesson from funart4kids.blogspot.com. The community of blogging art teachers is wonderful to be a part of! Thank you!