2nd Grade Art Activities

Each week I will try to post a new art lesson and project idea!

Feel free to do this week's lesson or any lesson you want to from the past!

Keep being creative! -Mrs Byrnes

May 18-23. Sketchbooks

Summer is on it's way here! Get ready to keep practicing and having fun with art all Summer by finding a notebook or making one by stapling sheets of paper together!

You can try some of these fun ideas or think of your own!

If you really want to improve your drawing skills, try making a goal to draw something every day~even if it is simple and quick some days! -Mrs Byrnes

May 11-16

Student Art to Stop the Spread of Covid Challenge!

#StudentArtToStopCovid

Our school district invited us to participate in a challenge to create art that will help stop the spread of Covid-19

You can make a difference by learning about, and helping to remind people of the ways to help stop Covid-19 from spreading!

#1. Brainstorm the reasons why we want to stop the spread of the virus! You could research how to stop the spread at coronavirus.gov.

#2. Create a work of art showing your ideas!

#3. If your parent would like to, you could share your art on social media using the hashtags:

#StudentArtToStopCovid

and

#CreateToEradicate!

How you can kindly remind others to follow the guidelines

Why you want to stop the spread of COVID-19

How you can stay safe and help others stay safe

How you can show appreciation to others for committing to follow the guidelines.

May 4-9 Sidewalk Chalk ideas!

Create something in which you can be part of the art!

April 27 - May 2

Illustraton:

Try a doodle with the illustrator,

Mo Williams!

You can choose this episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8

Or any other "Lunch doodles with Mo".

Learn about Illustrations and ~Have fun!

April 20-25 POP Art

Pop art sometimes shows things we use at home or things that a lot of people like.

Pop artists use bright colors and bold lines and patterns!

Here are some examples!

Often one thing is shown many times with different colors like these doughnuts and Micky Mouse!

Notice how Mickey is different colors and so are the backgrounds!

One of the most famous Pop Artists, Andy Warhol, painted these can's of soup!

Do you have soup like this at your house?

Some Pop Art is kind of like a comic book! Do you think the colors in this picture make it look exciting? How about the lines?

Now you can try to make Pop Art!

Fold a paper in half hamburger style, then hotdog style! Open it up and you will have 4 squares!

Draw a cupcake or any other food you want to! Draw it the same way in each box!

Choose 4 different colors to color each background!

Choose different colors for each cupcake! They should be colors that are different than the background they are on!

Remember when we learned about warm and cool colors? You could try to use a warm color if your background is a cool color!

Pop art is fun..... so have fun!!

Now you are a Pop Artist! :)

April 13-18

How has COVID 19 changed your life?

*What have you learned?

* How do you feel?

*What will you always remember about this time?

How can you show this in Artwork?

The Springville Museum of Art is having a special online exhibition of student artwork! I'd love to invite you to participate! The deadline is April 20th so try to work on it soon if you can!

If you do not want to enter, try making a work of art on this theme just for your own experience.

Art can help us express our feelings and learn about them, so I think this is an important activity for all of us to try!

Here are the links!

https://www.smaexhibition-upcloseandfaraway.org/

https://www.smaexhibition-upcloseandfaraway.org/call-for-entries.html

Below are some prompts the museum has given to think about for your artwork!

You can also think of your own idea of what you would like to show!

The images are just for fun or inspiration ideas with different artwork that shows feeling.

Think about your daily life for the past month. How has it changed since schools were closed? How do you feel about these changes?

You could show this in a picture of your life or just using colors and lines to show feeling

In the time since schools were closed, what are some things you have learned or experienced that you might not have expected?

Have you noticed any of these opposite feelings in your daily life (loneliness/togetherness, boredom/excitement, peace/worry)? How do you personally see these differences in your life? How are they changing the way you go about your day?

What are some good things that have come about as a result of your changing environment? What good things have you noticed going on around you?

There are millions of different ways you could show these things!

Think about your own feelings! Be creative and have fun!

March 31-April 4. Spring Art!

Try painting Spring blossoms on a branch in one of these ways!

If you don't have paint, try drawing a Spring tree with crayons!

Have fun and look outside at this magical, beautiful time of year!

Start by drawing or painting a branch with a dark color. Next, dip cotton balls in pink and white (or any Spring color) paint and dab the paint onto your branch!

Start by drawing or painting a branch with a dark color. You can use the bottom of a soda bottle to dip in paint and stamp a flower shape onto your branch!