Second Grade

Henri Rousseau Style Animals

Landscape in Perspective

Vegetable Prints from Hatch Patch

James Rizzi Style Architecture By Second Grade!

Gerald the Giraffe is told he can't dance, but with a little advice from a friend he overcomes bullying and finds his own groove! Second graders discussed Gerald's story and created these playful painted collages. 

Second Grade

Charles Harper Inspired Bird Collages

Vocabulary:

Horizon Line

Landscape

Overlapping

Depth

Space

Shapes

Watercolor Collage Trees

2^nd-Tree Houses

Vocabulary:

Architect

Elevation

Structure

Levels

Do you know your E.L.B.O.W? Impressionist works can usually be identified by Everyday subject matter, focus on Light, visible Brushstrokes, Outdoor scenes and attention to the way Weather effects the landscape. The artwork is displayed here with the reference photo to highlight the attention to detail in these artworks! Bravo Second Grade!

 

I Spy:

Camouflage Animals in Art

Second grade students looked at the artwork of Henri Rousseau to discover how texture, color, and overlapping can help camouflage animals in their environment. After learning how to use hand measurements to check proportion and drawing shapes to create the form of the animal, students illustrated these fantastic creatures. The students used crayon resist and watercolor paints along with marker and oil pastel to create realistic hues for their animals and backgrounds.

Warn and Cool Collaged Koi Fish

Amate Style Paintings

Second grade discovered that robots perform all sorts of tasks for humans and decided to design some robots of their own to help with all sorts of jobs! In order to make their robot pop off the page, second graders used tints and shades to make the robot appear 3-D.

Wow Second Grade!

Each student created a rattling ceramic artwork by joining two pinch pots together with small clay beads inside. Slipping and scoring was to add the individual features to each character.

Second Graders made these shiny birds using tooling foil and sharpie markers. Intricate patterns were used to really make them pop.

Second grade learned all about the parts of a building as they designed their dream home or drew the elevation of the house they live in now. Each drawing with then transfered into a foam printing block and printed onto a sky background of warm or cool colors!

Second grade created these funny little animals in the style of Romero Britto whose signature bold black lines, bright shapes and patterns can be seen reflected in the students' artwork.

Romero Britto's website:

http://www.britto.com/

 grades shows their es used mixed medias to make these fanciful dogs in the style of the artist George

Matisse Style Aquariums

Mrs. Florczak’s Second graders used many types of materials to create these intricate aquariums. Students illustrated a story after reading the humorous tale “Memoirs of a Goldfish” and discussing it’s similarities to Matisse’s painting “Goldfish.”

Rodrigue.

 

xpertise on Chinese New Year with these awesome clay dragons and  ink paintings.

Slip and Score Owls

A home is made up of many important parts. In order to create these realistic buildings, 2nd graders created "elevations" or drawing plans of the front of their homes with texture, doors, windows and designs.

d Grade Landforms

Second Graders created these lovely self portraits in the style of the artist Chuck Close...

Winslow Homer painted the sea to represent the struggle of man against nature. He used expressive colors and a sense of movement in his artwork to evoke a strong response from his audiences. Second graders worked with the idea of creating a “mood” as they painted their own seascapes with watercolor. Each student drew their ship using shapes and hand-measurements to get an accurate depiction. After establishing a horizon line and mixing their colors the students overlapped their ships on their papers. 

Second graders created these funny Angry Birds using pinch pot and joining techniques.

Georgia O'Keeffe Style Flowers in Glue and Chalk

Second Graders love playing Angry Birds almost as much as they love making them in clay! Here are the bisque-ware birds. Glazed versions to come soon!!

Second Grader’s used shading and highlights to make these delicious desserts in the style of the Pop Artist Wayne Tiebaud.  Special attention was given to arranging shapes in interesting ways to catch the eye of the viewer. Bright oil pastel colors make these pieces really POP!

In honor of Chinese New Year second grade created these beautiful bamboo brush paintings using traditional Chinese brushes and ink. Not only an elegant picture, these grasses are a symbol of new beginnings!

Marc Chagall inspired watercolor paintings

 Second graders retold a story, dream or memory using the compositional style of the artist Marc Chagall. After dividing the paper into sections, the students rotated the picture for each illustration to give the sense of fantasy that is such a strong element of Marc Chagall's artwork. Can you identify a self portrait, home, and animal in these artworks among the other illustrations?

Second graders have been studying and interpreting the concept of community in their classroom. Through the guidance of Gretchen Junker and her collection of Legos, the class worked in groups to make these scale models of buildings within Oak Park. The attention to detail is outstanding and resulted from the high level of engagement each student exhibited during this lesson.

Second graders used oil pastel to create a fall landscape complete with horizon lines and convincing colors. Collaged paper was used to create the trunk and trees, along with the autumn leaves.

Camouflage Animal Prints
Second grade discussed how color, shape, texture, and size can help animals to blend into their environments. After choosing an animal, each student hid their animal within their picture. The result you see here was achieved with a marker printmaking process.  Enjoy!