Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. Abstract Self-Portrait Paintin…
Welcome to Art class at B. Bernice Young School! I'm your Art Teacher, Mr. Giannetto (Mr. G)...
Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
How adorable are these?!? This lesson took (2) art classes to finish (and I had JUST enough time to squeeze in one more lesson before the end of the year)! It’s a simple one —but packs in a bunch! …
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 Tempera paint I'll lead them in a directed drawing, showing them how to draw a cat and a dog, Britto style, with our bingo daubers filled with India ink. We'll add some color, the next time they come in! I'm thinking oil pastels and tempera paint! Stay tuned for some awesome ART! Mrs. Black's class is off to a great start!! Mrs. Fitch's, my golden paintbrush winners this month, are doing a great job with their Romero Britto Pets! Here's Mrs. Messmer's class, doing a great job on their Britto pets! Mrs. Dimas' class is finishing up their art today!
This blogging community is full of super cool people with amazing ideas and lesson plans. Often times, I'll find an idea that is interesting...
Second grade drawing projects get so much easier when you have step by step instructions. Free PDF downloads are available for each project.
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.
2nd Grade Silhouettes We're very proud of our silhouettes! Art vocabulary words related to this lesson: *horizon line *silh...
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 different as above water. I showed them this video of Wyland painting underwater to connect back to Wyland. How freaky and awesome would it be to paint underwater!? After all this chatting we got to work drawing the self-portraits. I did a draw along with them up on the SMART Board to help guide where to put features and how to draw the snorkel and mask. Day 2: I checked out a large variety of sea animal books from the library and had them look through the books and choose a sea creature they wanted to draw. Before they added it to their portrait they had to practice drawing it using the books and attempt to make it look more realistic. I really pushed drawing from the images and not from their minds. This was a little difficult of a concept for them, but by the last group of 2nd graders, I finally found the right way to describe what I meant. When their practice was done I gave them their portrait to add the creature to. Nearing the end of class we came back together to talk about what good coloring looks like with crayons and how to achieve it so those that were ready to color could start. Day 3: Refreshed our coloring discussion and then they got busy coloring. When the first few were done coloring, I showed my demo of using liquid blue watercolor to do a wash over the entire page. I really made a point to explain that any paper that was showing was going to turn blue so "bad coloring" would be really visible. Make sure they color the white of their eyes or their will possibly be tears when they turn blue.... These just make me so incredibly happy to look at!
Well, in my 14 years at Zamo we never had rain to contend with during our Celebration of Art festivities... until last night, that is. I must say, that although unusual for San Diego in July, the rain did not dampen the spirit of the event at all:) Attendance was robust and their were tons of smiles to brighten any gloom that drops from the sky may have brought. Again, our incredible classroom teachers and staff were amazing while leading 10 different activities for our community to participate in. Our PTF rocked ticket and food sales. Our administration hung tough in the wet silent auction area. We were visited by our School Board President, the San Diego County VAPA Coordinator, and this morning our SDUSD Superintendent stopped by too. I am so proud of what our kids accomplish every year. It's so great to be able to share the creative work of our students with our school community and VAPA decision makers at the district level and beyond. Thanks to everyone who lent a hand in making the event another great evening of art making and art appreciation! We couldn't do it without you. our school musicians kicking off the evening. rain! Superintendent Marten with Principal Murchison and Mrs. Liggins:) one proud dude! observing and reflecting by writing fan letters to student artists:) from left to right- Principal Derek Murchison, artist in residence Danielle Guimond, VP Robert Vera, School Board President Marne Foster, art teacher Melony Vance, SD County VAPA coordinator Russ Sperling, artist in residence Kathi Arinduque (and her grandson:), and me A peek at some of the hands on activities that kids could participate in. All of the projects below were done by classroom teachers with their classes. Each student is represented on campus in these class displays. kindergarten owls! 2nd grade scratch art! 2nd grade hot air balloons! 4th grade rotational symmetry! 5th grade self portraits! 3rd grade oil pastels! Here's a little video I put together after the event. I think the music suits the spirit of the night pretty well:)
Asian art is a subject we explore each year in second grade - this year we started with one of the world's most beautiful and amazing creatures - the tiger! Several types of tigers live in Asia and many artists from this region show the beauty of the animal in their art. Here are some of the examples we viewed, and an illustration of the symmetrical nature of the tiger's face. The symmetry lends itself well to a special type of monoprint, or single print, called symmetry printing - the artist paints on half the paper, and folds the other half over and rubs the top to transfer the paint, creating a mirror image. Because the tempera dries quickly on the construction paper, we used a quick rhythm of painting just a few strokes and then printing - “paint a little, print a little.” The students followed me in a guided drawing of half the tiger face, as seen above, and then we began painting with orange, white and black. I love the way each tiger has a unique face and expression!
2nd Grade Matisse Goldfish Paintings For the past couple of art classes, 2nd grade has been learning about the artist Henri Matisse, and his painting, The Goldfish. The students first practiced drawing 3-dimensional looking containers, and practiced drawing the goldfish bowl, that they liked best. We drew the room, bowl, table, and details together, and then they traced and colored with oil pastels. Finally, they used liquid watercolors to add the final pop of color. Here are some of the finished examples!
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 b…
Asian art is a subject we explore each year in second grade - this year we started with one of the world's most beautiful and amazing cr...
From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every 1st grader.
Artwork by Maggie S. In art, the element of value means different tints (light values) and shades (darker values) of one hue or color created by adding either white or black. These artworks by our 2nd graders employ values of blue to create a background resembling a moonlit sky or a sun as seen from beneath the surface of the sea. Our tints are actually created in reverse: students add increasing amounts of blue to their white paint to go from the white of their sun or moon to the darkest tints at the edges of their paper. On a second day, I let them choose from tracers of owls, coyotes, or sharks, which they trace and cut from black construction paper to create a scene silhouetted against their skies or oceans. As they create their final compositions, I stress the principle of balance. These examples show some great eyes for it! Artwork by Zoe P. Artwork by Addie P. Artwork by Carl K. Artwork by Cassidy B. Artwork by Lakshman B.
Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
Third grade used warm and cool colors and pattern to create these tempera paintings. The students viewed artwork by native people and how their hand print was not only a record of who they were or where they had traveled, but also a way to sign their art. The students each used their hand prints to sign their paintings. Notice how the warm colors (red, orange, and yellow) advance and the cool colors (blue, green, and violet) recede? This color effect creates an optical illusion. The boys and girls loved this trick of the eye! The boys and girls also learned how to "let their paintbrush do the work" while working with the cake tempera, a new medium for the third graders.
How adorable are these?!? My 2nd graders did such a fantastic job creating them! This lesson took (3) 40 minute art classes to finish and incorporates the Elements of Art- Line, Shape, Color, Value…
Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
Surprises are good, especially when they happen in art. This folded paper project is nothing short of hilarious.
To coordinate with the second grade’s unit on the printing press, I wanted to introduce students to the concept of block printing. I loved the project I found here, but was bothered by the la…
Second graders are finishing up some really creative drawings set under the ground, so we did a lot of visualizing to come up with our ideas. We looked at some classic book illustrations by Garth Williams of Cricket in Times Square fame and the always classic Beatrix Potter. All of these story animals live in a hidden away, subterranean world and the job of the illustrator is to create that world. We talked about visual textures found in the layers of soil, clay, and rock. Some drawings show a realistic setting for a possible hibernating animal, readying for winter, and others have more of a sense of humor about them, as if the animals lived like people. Thanks to North Art Alert for posting their lesson on underground worlds - my students were inspired by yours.
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Hey, guys! I'm excited to share with y'all the finished product of many an art class: Second Grade's Landscape Collages! Here's some things we learned along the way (with more detail in a hot minute): * How to create textured papers. I borrowed heavily from my buddy Laura's blog Painted Paper because Laura is my art teacher super hero. Suriously. Her students work is amazin'. * How to create a landscape with a fore-, middle- and background. * How to create an origami house. Some kids got really into this, creating multiple houses for their landscape. * How to embellish with puffy paint...selectively. Oh, lawd, y'all. You've heard of the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, right? Well, If You Give a Second Grader Puffy Paint was not about to be the sequel in my art room. I was the Puffy Paint Nazi. One false move and it was NO PUFFY PAINT FOR YOU! * How to create a whip-stitched boarder. So I thought this would be totes elementary for these guys. Turns out kids don't know how to sew anymore and this was ROCKET SCIENCE. Note to self: Have more stitched projects...for the sub to do (haha, I kid. Kinda.) Now that you know the gist, lemme back up a lil bit and give you the full story. The lessons started with an intro to Mexico and Latin America. You can find my prezi (remember my prezi addiction?) here. After that prezi and a quick chat, we spent our first 30 minutes (my first and second grade have 30 minutes of art, twice every six days) creating textured paper with a sponge and tan paint. We chatted about the texture of the Andes mountains in Chile and used that as our inspiration. The following 30 minutes were spent learning more painting techniques. We learned how to use cardboard to print flowers or plants, use a texture comb to create textured papers (see the sun below) and how to create a plaid pattern with a dry brush technique. Yes, all that in 30. Sometimes I question my sanity. The following class, we chatted about arpilleras. You can see my prezi on those lovelies here. After that, we began tearing our textured papers and gluing them to a 12" X 12" construction paper background of our choosing. The key to doing this without having gaps in the landscape is to have the kids begin with the background piece and proceed gluing pieces toward the foreground. The next art class, I had the kids immediately grab a piece of origami paper as they entered and meet me on the floor for a origami house demo on the document camera. Before I had a doc camera, I would have simply done an origami demo on a GIANT sheet of paper so they could see all of the steps. With the cam, we all worked together. If time allowed, the kids created more houses or used thin Sharpies to decorate their homes. Initials were written on the back and these wee ones were saved for the following art class. The next day, I told the kids that they had four goals to reach BEFORE they entered Puffy Paint Town: glue houses to landscape keeping perspective in mind (or not), add clouds/stars/whateverness to the sky, create a sun or moon and add their name at the bottom. If all of these goals were met, they could begin to add puffy paint in dots only on their land. I actually have a couple of these beauties that I've found at the thrift store over the years. I love having the real thing to share with the kids instead of just a photo from the 'net. Many of the kids didn't reach their goals all in 30 minutes so they needed an extra day to puffy paint. The deal with puffy paint is that it has this habit of sneezing all over art work. So I had the kids use a piece of practice paper to practice dot making before doing it on their masterpiece. The deal with kids is that they get carried away on their practice paper (really? You needed to fill the whole paper with dots? Because now the bottle is empty, dude.) so I started to limit them to 3 practice dots. Next up was the stitching. Oh boy. I did go ahead and hole punch the sides of their artwork for them prior to art class. Hate me if you wanna but I just didn't want to spend an additional 30 minutes watching the kids struggle and possibly tear their work as they punched through (sometimes) 3 pieces of construction paper. Added bonus: I now have super big muscles in the right hand. Just what I've always wanted! Once the stitching was complete, so was the masterpiece! I absolutely love how these beauties turned out and the kids are just as thrilled. I decided to hang them in the hall by paper clipping them together because it's my new fave way to display. Speaking of faves, collage landscapes are also my favorite means of teaching about landscapes. For more lessons, you can check out these Collaged Parisian Pictures, Egyptian Landscape Pieces, and these Tube Castle Landscapes. What's your fave landscape lesson? I needs to know! Until next time, y'all, use that puffy paint the way your art teacher done showed ya!
Reading self-portraits, clay snails, and much more!
Last week, 2nd grade started this beautiful and colorful, wintry picture inspired by the blog, Deep Space Sparkle! . This project was originally inspired by the book, Snowballs, by Lois Ehlert. She's an artist, auther, and illustrator, who has written many books! Look her up, when you get a chance! Here's how we created our own! Materials: Oil Pastels Watercolor paint cardboard black tempera paint Construction paper 90lb paper Day 1: I showed them Lois Ehlert's books, and we read her book, Snowballs, and looked at her illustrations. Then, we got to work! We painted our white paper using cardboard and black paint. The students dipped the cardboard into a little bit of black paint, and then quickly drug it on their paper. Then, we divided a separate sheet into different sections, and drew designs in them with oil pastels. After they added designs, they painted over them with watercolors. That was all we had time for in a 45 minute class. Day 2: We cut out our trees, glued them on, and then started creating our birds. I didn't use a template, so each little bird is unique! I did demonstrate how to make an easy one by drawing a big D, or smile shape. We cut them out, glued them on, and added legs, eyes, and branches with a Sharpie. The last step is to add snow with white paint! Here's Mrs. Messmer's class, hard at work! Stay tuned for some awesome art!
Hello, friends! I'm here today to do some oversharing of my second grade masterpieces as they are giving me so much LIFE! Both my young artists and I are beyond excited with how our Heather Galler-inspired masterpieces have turned out. These works of art are HUGE as we created them on 18" X 24" tagboard. I cannot wait to share them at our upcoming art show. Here's the video lesson I created for y'all to explain the process: I only see my second grade kiddos for 30 minutes, twice a week. On our first day together, we managed to knock this out: This lesson could easily be done on a much smaller scale. However, while going through our pieces for the art show, I realized that my students had yet to do a BIG show stopper. Many of the second grade works of art were on the smaller side. I knew I wanted one piece that they would be super proud of. So this big masterpieces were destined to happen. As y'all know, I have a slight bingo dauber addiction. I have created so many lessons based on my new favorite art room tool! You can find lessons where my third grade students created our school mascot; my first graders created Britto hearts and my kindergarten kids created pigeons and TWO alphabet paintings which can be found here and here. On our second 30 minute art class, we started to add color to the flowers with both our florescent oil pastels (my favorites are made by Sargent) and liquid watercolor. I don't normally bust out the liquid watercolor but for this big scale, I knew my pan watercolors would just not do. The following two art classes, we wrapped these bad boys up. The kids were THRILLED with their hard work! And so was I. But, like I said, this project would have worked out just as beautifully on a smaller scale. In fact, I'm so tempted to do the same lesson with my fourth grade students! Some of my students decided to leave their tables or vases unpainted and black and white. I loved their work no matter what they decided. These paintings were so much fun to create....we played loud music and even did a little dancing while painting. Who wouldn't be happy while working on these. If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen my kiddos in action. Our art show is now a little over a month away. I will be keeping you posted on our progress. These will be such a beautiful addition to our show! When working so large, my students really had to spread out. Can we talk paper for a hot second? I LOVE tagboard, it can easily withstand the weight of the ink that we filled the bingo daubers with as well as the watercolor paint. As did the poster board. The only problem was that the shiny side of the poster board did not take to the paint as well as the matte side. Just something to keep in mind. Of course, those kind of papers can be costly. So I would recommend 80lbs. paper. That's what I always order in reams of 500. As far as watercolor paint goes, I have found that the paint I get from Sax works just as well as the other brands...I've yet to find a favorite as each is very vibrant. How about y'all? I get A LOT of questions about the bingo daubers...y'all! They are my fave but are probably on backorder everywhere as I've told everyone to get some. Try just searching "bingo daubers"on The Google and see what pops up. I fill mine with diluted India ink...I have no favorite brand of ink, they all seem to be great. LOVE to know if you are doing this lesson. Please be sure and tag me if you share on social media!
How adorable are these?!? My 2nd graders did such a fantastic job creating them! This lesson took (3) 40 minute art classes to finish and incorporates the Elements of Art- Line, Shape, Color, Value…
Engage kids in art projects in a variety of media, with many based on famous artists or art movements.
From mixed media to simple sketching, there's something here for every 1st grader.
This lesson of mine is a teacher FAV! I was bored of the traditional “Value Ice Cream” lesson you see all over Pinterest so I decided to spice it up. Proud of my 3rd grader for placing …
The 2nd grade students got creative with left over scraps of paper. We put it to good use through paper weaving, then made birdhouses. Each student added a door and roof, along with a bird to eac…
I love Dr. Seuss’ art. Did you know in addition to writing books he created over 10,000 works of art. Amazing! The book The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss is a must-have for art teachers who love…
The great thing about this Earth Day art project is that you can adjust it to what your kids are interested in and what supplies you have.
Color theory has never been so enjoyable to learn! Students will love painting this magical Color Wheel Umbrella while learning science. Grades K-2.
Please Note: All images seen below are of my students artwork only. These photos/lessons are not posted in any particular order regarding the flow of my curriculum. Abstract Self-Portrait Paintin…
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.
Mrs. Johnson's 2nd grade Carter, Ria & Reggie ------------- Mrs. White's 2nd grade Justine, Angel, Valery, Kayla, Patrick, Emma & Hailey --------- Mrs. McMillian's 2nd grade class Oxygen, Caleb, Nicolas, Danish, Christopher & Miya. -----CONTRAST- In design, the definition of Contrast is: Definition: refers to the arrangement of opposite elements (light vs. dark colors, rough vs. smooth textures, large vs. small shapes, etc.) in a piece so as to create visual interest, excitement and drama. Dark against light. Dark colors make light colors appear brighter. Cool against warm. Cool colors make warm colors seem brighter! Subject: Light is only made bright by darkness Here it is: light is only made bright by darkness. This means, essentially, that in order to have anything, you must have the opposite. Examples: -to make a color stand out, put it next to it's opposite -to make a drawing look bright, put in shadow Why the SUN AND MOON? Many people use the design of the sun and moon to show balance in life. In order to appreciate the sunny times, you have to know the dark times. -to know pleasure, you know pain. This project focuses on design using the contrast of cool & warm colors. Using a compass, draw a large circle in the center of the page. Draw a curved line in center to divide the circle into sun and moon. The smaller side will be the moon. Draw a sleepy face on moon side and a happy face on sun side. They will share a mouth. Draw line patterns on each side of circle, having the sun & moon designs being different. Mrs. White's class working (2nd grade) Desmon & Kayla Valery after drawing...
I LOVE these flowers!!! I also think this may be my new favorite art lesson to teach! 2nd Graders did such a fabulous job creating them– SO proud of their work!! Step-by-step directions with…
