Fish Tanks/Perspective

 I've been talking about overlapping and showing "space" in your work with my second graders.  We created fish tanks that had a defined corner to create a bottom, side, and back to the tank.  I was not looking for mastery as this is a new concept to them.  I was just introducing the idea. We used watercolor pencils to finish the work.  

YOU ARE GOING TO NOTICE IN SOME OF THE PICTURES THE VERTICAL LINE IS VERY CURVED.  THAT IS BECAUSE THE PAPER CURLED WHEN IT DRIED & I DIDN'T FLATTEN IT OUT BEFORE SNAPPING THE PICTURE! ha ha

Overlapping Snake Paintings

We are working on possible art show pictures. This years theme is PETS! I know that snakes aren’t everyone’s favorite pet, but I thought my second graders would enjoy creating one. Plus, it gives me a chance to reinforce overlapping. I had theme make their snake look like

 

Kev Munday Inspired

If you are not familiar with the work of Kev Munday.....please check out this link! 

 

Inspired by Kev Munday

It has been challenging to record YouTube videos this school year! Lots of reasons, but I won't go into all that in this post!  If you have not looked at the work of Kev Munday...please check him out! 

 https://www.kevmunday.co.uk/

My students LOVE his art. 

This project is great for reinforcing overlapping, theme, and host of other concepts in art! 

Pile of Turtles: 2nd Grade Still Life

Last week my students created a still life that was made of several objects that they arranged with their table partner.  This week the students had one stuffed turtle to draw from.  They had to make a minimum of five turtles that overlapped & filled up their page.  We also discussed "value" using different amounts of pressure. Since I was just introducing the concept of value...there was much grace in how they applied the new information!  The turtle was light green & dark green.  So I told the students that they could make the turtle what ever color they wanted as long as they stuck with the lighter value for the body & darker for the shell as it was in the original.

This last one is not finished yet, but it is super cute &

  had a Power Rangers vibe to me?!? ha ha

Spring Collage Go 3-D

This is day one of our 3-D Relief Collage flowers!  I think they are turning out pretty amazing.  The kids LOVE poppin' the flowers up & learning new techniques to create the reliefs.  The challenge of this be a 2 day project is that the students tend to overwork the picture on day 2.  That being said, it is a good challenge for students to face...don't all artists have to find that line of when a piece is "done".