2nd Grade Lizards

2nd Graders learned about form and sculpture and created paper sculptures of their own.

2nd Grade Ceramic Cupcakes

Here is a sample of the painted ceramic cupcakes that went home for Mother's Day.   Students painted the ceramic with acrylic paint and then they were coated with a glossy spray.

2nd Grade Ceramic Cupcakes

 2nd Grade Students learned the techniques and skills used for working with clay to create three dimensional forms.

 Our cupcakes will dry and then be fired in our school's kiln.  Students will glaze their cupcakes during our next art session.

Thank you to all our parent helpers for each class!   We couldn't have done it without you!

Mrs. Guest/Fornia:   Marianella, Julie Main, Jesus Santana

 Ms. Via:  Natalie Ethridge, Natashia Nicolay, Tiffany Beatty, and Heather Marino-Skeels
Mrs. Goodleaf':   Paul DeBaun

2nd Grade: Space

Second Graders discussed the painting,
Street in Suburbs by Maurice Utrillo

Students were able to understand, apply, and create the element of SPACE:
behind/in front; foreground; middle ground; background; overlap; placement on page; foreshortening

Students drew themselves falling into space (or pizza, or candy!) with their hands and feet in the foreground.

Analogous Hearts

Mrs. Goodleaf's class learned all about analogous colors (colors that are next to each other on the color wheel) and viewed several examples of the artist, Jim Dine's, famous heart paintings.

They then created their own analogous heart paintings by mixing colors.

2nd Grade Analogous Hearts

Today, Mrs. Guest and Ms. Via's class learned about the artist Jim Dine, who is well known for his paintings of hearts.  (Mrs. Goodleaf's class will have their art class on Tuesday.)

They then learned about creating analogous color schemes. 
 
Analogous color schemes use colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.  They usually match well and create serene and comfortable designs.

Here are some of the hearts they painted using an analogous color scheme of their choosing.

Continuous Line Drawings

Students learned about a drawing exercise that artists use to improve their ability look for lines and shapes called, Continuous Line Drawing.

Pablo Picasso creating a continuous line drawing.

For this exercise, students put their pen down on their paper and do not lift it from the paper until their drawing is done.  Some students even tried the blind continuous line drawing exercise, where you don't look at your paper the entire time you are drawing.

Students drew faces, their hands, water bottles, scissors, and many other things without lifting their pens.  Tricky.....but they did an amazing job.    Each student chose two of their favorite drawings to display.   Here they are:

Planets

Today, 2nd Graders learned all about the artist Leonardo Da Vinci and how he was influenced by science and nature.   He used what he knew - such as using dark colors to create shade and light colors to show light- to create realistic paintings.

We used this technique of tinting and shading to create spheres.   2nd Graders are studying planets and space and created their own drawing of the planet of their choice.

Mrs. Goodleaf's class

Ms Via's class

Mrs. Guest/ Mrs. Fornia's class

They did an amazing job using tintng and shading to create a sphere out of a circle.