2nd grade art

Reading self-portraits, clay snails, multi-media projects, and so much more!

2nd Grade Silhouettes We're very proud of our silhouettes! Art vocabulary words related to this lesson: *horizon line *silh...

Warm and Cool Color Handprint Pattern (Rhythm) Crayon & Watercolor Resist Art Lesson- Who doesn't love watching the "magic" happen when you paint watercolors over crayons! Cross-curriculum lesson with Science and Art. This is a fun mixed-media lesson!!c

2nd Grade Art Lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore

The 2nd Grade students studied the artist Vincent Van Gogh and his artwork. We also read the book, Camille and the Sunflowers. The students were able to create a giant sunflower creating emphasis in their artwork. Then they were shown how to blend colors using oil pastels. The students had to choose a cool color for their background to make their sunflower "pop" in their piece of art.

Second graders loved Robert Wyland so much that we did two projects inspired by him. Out first was Warm and Cool Waves, the second were these AWESOME underwater self-portraits inspired by this, this AND this project via pinterest. I Can statements: I Can draw a self-portrait with my features in the correct places. I Can draw a sea creature realistically. Day 1: To kick off the project we looked at portrait photographs that were taken underwater and discussed what looked the same and…

30 Terrific Second Grade Art Projects and Activities - WeAreTeachers

Inside you'll find an easy step-by-step how to draw a Minecraft Self Portrait & Minecraft Coloring Page. Stop by and grab yours today.

Thomas Elementary Art: The Underground Lives of Ants by 2nd grade. Science, ant body parts and habitats. What if ants were more like us?

Welcome back! So glad to see all of you! This week, 2nd grade is going to be starting this cute lil polar bear, inspired by the fabulous Lauralee Chambers! Here's a link to her Insta account, if you want to check her out (which ya should!) @2art.chambers Here's how we created ours! Materials: Crayola Watercolors Sax liquid watercolors Crayola oil pastels black & white pencils scissors Big Kid's choice paintbrushes Day 1: Look at images of Polar Bears, and sketch out our own! Here's a video…

My second-grade students completed these simple oil pastel resist birds in one 45-minute class. It’s a pretty simple lesson… no-fuss bird drawing using oil pastel then paint with liquid watercolors. Perhaps the simplest lessons are the best? Second Grade Watercolor Birds video Click the yellow button below to receive a free drawing handout

This week, 2nd grade will be using our fabulous new "bingo daubers" to make some big and beautiful, Romero Britto, inspired animals! Kids and grownups alike love Britto's use of line, color, shapes, and popular objects he places in his art! They're so bright and fun, you can't help but smile! His beautiful work is also a great review for the Elements of Art! Here are some visuals, I printed out for each table Materials: Bingo Daubers India ink Crayola oil pastels Jack Richeson Semi-Moist…

My second graders recently learned about simple ways to show depth in an artwork. I gave a demonstration on my new document camera and showed them how rivers and roads that go back in space would be wider in the front and narrower in the back. I demonstrated how things that were far in the distance would be smaller than things in the front. The use of overlap is also a way to show depth. I showed the students this … Read more... →

Georgia O'Keeffe inspired art work by my 2nd graders. We used a black crayon to draw the oversized Georgia O'Keeffe flowers. The flowers had to hang off the page. Then we painting using watercolors to fill in the flower. The flower was painted with warm colors and the back ground with cool colors. when the paint was dry we placed small square pieces of bleeding tissue paper around the center of the flower. When the tissue paper is dry, allow it to simply fall off, the color will stain the…

This is one of my absolute FAVORITE art lessons! It incorporates focusing on (5) of the 7 elements of art – (Line, Shape, Color, Form, and Texture) and is inspired by artist Claude Monet …