This is what we are learning in our Second Grade Art Class.

Foundational Skills: Grade 2

LINE Portray the following features and functions of line:

*direction

*expression/emotion

*movement

*shape

*textures

*patterns

*imaginative drawing

*observational/realistic drawing

SHAPE AND FORM Produce shapes and forms in a variety of styles, artworks, and media to demonstrate the following:

*geometric shapes and forms

*free-form shapes and forms

*organic shapes and forms

*positive and negative shapes and forms

VALUE Produce a range of three values in various environments and works of art in a variety of media; including:

*a black-to-white value scale

*a one-color value scale

*two- and three-dimensional artworks that incorporate three levels of value

TEXTURE Produce a variety of textures in various environments, in works of two- and three-dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate and portray visual/implied texture and actual texture. Differentiate between visual/implied and actual texture.

SPACE Use the element space and spatial devices in various environments, in works of two- and three- dimensional art, and in a variety of media to demonstrate/portray the following:

*baseline

*over/under

*above/below

*beside

*behind/in front

*foreground

*middle ground

*background

*overlap

*size

*placement on a page

COLOR Produce and use—in various artworks and using a variety of media—the following:

*primary colors (yellow, red, blue)

*secondary colors (orange, green, purple/violet); created by mixing primary colors (yellow + red = orange)

*warm colors (yellow, orange, red) and cool colors (blue, green, violet)

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN Create patterns, movement, and rhythm by using the repetition of lines, shapes, and colors. Use patterns to enhance the surfaces of shapes and forms in a variety of two- and three-dimensional works of art. Identify symmetrical balance in nature. Create works of art in a variety of two- and three-dimensional media by using the following:

*repetition/pattern § contrast § variety

*balance (symmetrical and asymmetrical)

*movement and rhythm