Mrs. Love's Art Class: 2nd grade art

Pre K 3

glue plus buttons and string. When it was dry they colored with crayons and painted then I sprinkled with salt. They look like they could be made by some college students I used to know : /

Kindergarten

texture painting

First students were given boxes of recycled textured materials ( corrugated cardboard, cork board, wood, thin cardboard boxes, sponges, plastic, fabric, bubble wrap etc.These were glued to cardboard.

Days 2 and 3 were painting days. I have a fail safe secret to painting.... splitting up the colors to either warm or cool. Kids could either paint with warm or cool colors on day 1 and then on day 2 they got the other on. You may be wondering why didn't everyone just get warm colors on day 1 and cool on day 2??? Because it is more fun this way!

Who's art work does this remind you of??? ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG

I showed Rauschenberg combines and asked the kids who's artwork this look like and one genius said OURS!

We also did a texture plate animal drawing

spider(the small one) watching tv in the rain-I don't remember what the large animal is

cat

this is an amazing ladybug

so cute!

1st Grade

Recycled Texture Self portraits

1st step was to make the background. students made abstract designs with elmers glue. Day 2 students chose either warm or cool watercolor to paint over glue. I came around a sprinkled salt on wet paint.

Day 3-4 Students were given recycled textured materials(can you tell I like free art supplies) to make their self portraits ( corrugated cardboard, cork board, wood, thin cardboard boxes, sponges, plastic, fabric, bubble wrap etc.) They could also add feathers, buttons, ribbons, and pom poms

Day 5

Add details with colored pencils

2nd grade

Texture imaginary animal

This was a really fun/awesome project

1. Using texture plates and only black crayon fill an entire 18x24 piece of white paper

2. flip paper over and have students draw an outline of their creature, cut out

3. water down tempera paint, paint texture filled side

3. use colored construction paper to add details to bring your creature to life

Just for fun

Christmas present from Nurse Johnson and her amazing daughters- I found a good use for it! THANK YOU... you are the best!!!!!!! :)

Pablo Picasso shirt I picked up from a vintage store for 7 dollars=score

Complementary Colors OR Best Friend Colors

Red and green

Yellow and Purple

Blue and Orange

1st grade

They were given an example and told to follow the color pattern but to create their own designs in the boxes. I am amazed at how great they did at following directions. They even had to overcome the challenge of the color difference of the example due to the smartboard irregularity!

Kindergarten

I read the book "Monsters Love New Colors" then we talked about best friend colors. They were given the choice of a group of colors to work with as well as black and white. After they drew they monster with crayon they got liquid watercolor (one color at a time). Then they got their colors again PLUS the 2 colors that mix to make their secondary color ex yellow, purple, blue and red

Warm and Cool Colors

2nd grade

students chose to paint watercolor paper with either warm or cool colors. Then a portrait was drawn on white paper. White paper was placed under clear transparency paper and traced over with black sharpie. They were then colored in with the opposite color group as the background.