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MAY: Scrape Painting
MAY: Scrape Painting
For this project we created artwork inspired by smooth jazz music. We were inspired to create our scrape paintings after looking at Chris Rashka's book illustrating the song "Giant Steps". We used small cardboard pieces to scrape the neon colored paint off our canvas in different directions . When the paint was dry, we used black ink to create our outline drawing. The image we drew was inspired by the look of our scrape painting and the sound of the music playing in the background. We went with whatever image "called to us"! We hope our paintings "scrape away" anything that's bothering you today!
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
APRIL: Balloon Dogs!
APRIL: Balloon Dogs!
Our new artist of inspiration is Jeff Koons. Jeff Koons is an American artist who currently works in New York City. He is most known for creating large "balloon dog" sculptures out of metal. To make our balloon dogs we practiced tracing, cutting, and gluing. We learned about adding highlights and shadows to make objects look round, or 3D. For our spring backgrounds we created our own stylized trees using marker, blended and created texture using oil pastels, and overlapped our grassy hills to create the illusion of space. We hope our balloon dogs are a "highlight" to your day!
National Standard: (VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
National Standard: (VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
MARCH: Rizzi Cities
MARCH: Rizzi Cities
Our new artist of inspiration is James Rizzi. James Rizzi is an American artist from Brooklyn, New York. Although James Rizzi is not alive today, he is a well-known Pop Artist. He was even chosen as the official artist of the Olympics in 1996! His works are bright, fun, and youthful. For our project, we took inspiration from his famous cities with faces! We practiced using rulers, creating overlapping, and drawing emotions. To help bring our buildings to life, we used 3 different kinds of markers, sharpie, and tempera paint. We hope our Rizzi Cities add some "pop" to your day!
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.2.2a) Demonstrate safe procedures for using and cleaning art tools, equipment, and studio spaces.
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.2.2a) Demonstrate safe procedures for using and cleaning art tools, equipment, and studio spaces.
FEBRUARY: Textured Name Plates
FEBRUARY: Textured Name Plates
Second grade has begun clay! Clay is one of the oldest forms of art making that we know of. Sometimes clay is used for functional purposes (useful) such as drinking cups, or decorative purposes (visual) such as sculpture. The name plates we made for this project are decorative. We learned how to roll a slab, cut a shape, and create different textures. Finally, we let our clay dry, fired it in the kiln, glazeD it, and then fired it again. We hope our name tiles fire up your day!
National Standard: (VA:Cn11.1.2a) Compare and contrast cultural uses of artwork from different times and places.
National Standard: (VA:Cn11.1.2a) Compare and contrast cultural uses of artwork from different times and places.
JANUARY: Portfolios!
JANUARY: Portfolios!
Guess what?!... our art show will be here before we know it! More news regarding the show can be found on the "events and happenings" page. To prepare, we have begun creating portfolios. Artist portfolios are large folders that are closed on 3 of the 4 sides. Portfolios help artists keep all of their artworks in one place, they help artists travel with their artworks, and they protect the artworks from being damaged. Portfolios are a piece of art themselves! We each folded and designed our own portfolios as a way to represent who we are as unique artists. Up next, it will be time to fill the portfolio with all of the works we have made so far this year. We hope you enjoy looking through our portfolios some day soon!
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity
DECEMBER/JANUARY: Abstract Portraits, Inspired by: Pablo Picasso
DECEMBER/JANUARY: Abstract Portraits, Inspired by: Pablo Picasso
We have begun a new project inspired by Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso is a Spanish artist who lived to be 91 years old. He was one of two artists to invent the art style known as Cubism. Cubism is a type of abstract art. In this style, Picasso tried to show an object from all its angles on one 2D surface. Artworks made in the cubist style are broken up into different shapes. For this project we took inspiration from Pablo Picasso's popular portraits. To make our portrait, we utilized overlapping to create interesting details on our faces. Believe it or not... all of our portraits have 5 facial features: 2 eyebrows, 2 eyes, a nose, and a mouth (some have ears!). See if you can spot them! Finally, we learned how to mat our final artworks and mounted our own on the color of our choice! We used our "artist eyes" to make a careful selection when choosing the color of our mat. We selected the color that made our portrait pop. The materials we used were rulers, tracer shapes, paint markers, sharpies, Crayola markers, crayons, & colored construction paper. We hope our cubist portraits inspire you "smile" today!
National Standard: (1a VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
National Standard: (1a VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
DECEMBER: National Inclusive Schools Week, Inspired by: Henri Matisse
DECEMBER: National Inclusive Schools Week, Inspired by: Henri Matisse
As a way to celebrate National Inclusive Schools Week, our second graders learned about the French artist, Henri Matisse. Henri began his career as a painter, but when he got older he became ill. He spent most of his time in bed, and could no longer walk; he needed to use a wheelchair to get around. He was also unable to paint anymore, so he picked up scissors and began to create a new kind of artwork! Henry is now famous for his large scale organic shape paper cutout creations…just like the ones we were inspired to make here. We each created our own organic shape paper cutout and added details with markers to turn it into something from our imagination. Finally, we placed it on our favorite spot on the larger paper to help create our grade-level collage. Some shapes are big, some small, some overlap, and some do not! We hope our collage inspires you to stay "inclusive" today!
NOVEMBER: Thankful Paper Weaving
NOVEMBER: Thankful Paper Weaving
For this project, we were inspired by Thanksgiving. We created a paper weaving that connects just 5 (of the many) things we are grateful for. First, we created the loom; this is the base structure for our weaving. Next, we used paper strips to weave "over, under, over, under" to create a checkered pattern. Finally, we used our creativity and imagination to develop and draw 5 simple objects that represent the things we are grateful for. Our weavings show how the different parts of our lives are connected and work together as one whole. We hope our weavings inspire you to be grateful today.
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
National Standard: (VA:Cr1.2.2a) Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity.
OCTOBER: Paper Mache Hot Air Balloons
OCTOBER: Paper Mache Hot Air Balloons
For this project, we repurposed balloons, newspaper, & plastic cups to make Paper-Mache hot air balloons! First, we worked with art paste and got messy! We overlapped their strips, and smoothed out the bubbles gently to prevent our balloons from popping. Next, we created Designs using primary colored tempera paint. We practiced mixing secondary colors, pink, and brown. Next, we decorated and constructed baskets, and then hung them! We learned that real hot air balloons have wholes at the bottom and fly using hot air. Our balloons have wholes at the bottom too (*they don't have flames though)! We hope our sculptures help you fly through the day.
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.3.2a) Repurpose objects to make something new.
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.3.2a) Repurpose objects to make something new.
SEPTEMBER: "How Do We Get Ideas?"
SEPTEMBER: "How Do We Get Ideas?"
Our second graders collaborated as table teams to brainstorm ideas and themes for their self-directed artworks. They created individual sketches, edited them by adding or removing details, and then created finished works using tempera cakes and oil pastels. Through brainstorming, students learned about their peers Likes and interests. We had so much in common! This was our first experience independently choosing what our project would be. We are learning to work like true artists in the studio. Turning and talking with peers gives us the confidence to experiment and express ourselves. Next, we are going to write about what's happening in our picture and how we came up with our idea, and then we are going to share them with our classmates! We hope our artworks help you spark new ideas today. Great job second graders!
National Standard: (VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
National Standard: (VA:Cr3.1.2a) Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
National Standard: (VA:Cn10.1.2a) Create works of art about events in home, school, or community life.
National Standard: (VA:Cn10.1.2a) Create works of art about events in home, school, or community life.
WEEK 1 WARMUP : 3D Paper Sculptures
WEEK 1 WARMUP : 3D Paper Sculptures
We designed and created our own paper sculptures using colored construction paper, scissors, and glue! This was our art room warm up. We turned 2-dimensional materials into 3-dimensional sculptures. We experimented with materials to create pieces that are uniquely our own. Each of our sculptures tells a story and is inspired by our experiences at the playground. We hope our sculpture display excites your day!
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.1.2a) Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
National Standard: (VA:Cr2.1.2a) Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
National Standard: (VA:Re.7.1.2a) Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of one’s natural world and constructed environments.
National Standard: (VA:Re.7.1.2a) Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of one’s natural world and constructed environments.
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