Grade 2 Lion Paintings

Second grade learned about lions and used oil paints on foam sheets to represent the laziest of big cats! Lions usually spend 16 to 20 hours a day sleeping and resting, devoting the remaining hours to hunting, courting or protecting their territory. They keep in contact with one another by roaring loud enough to be heard up to five miles away!!!

Grade 1 Collage

First Grade learned about artist Wassily Kandinsy and the power of abstraction! They explored the elements of color and shape through cutting and gluing small pieces to create a design based on an organized composition thinking about top, bottom, middle and sides. We learned through Kandinsky that colors, lines and shapes can have meanings by themselves; they do not need to represent objects and people in the real world in order to convey feeling, emotion and admiration in a work of art!

Grade 2 Lion Collage

Second grade learned about lions: the magnificent animal that appears as a symbol of power, courage and nobility on family crests, coats of arms and national flags of many civilizations.  To create their lions in their natural habitats: savannas, grasslands, dense bush and woodlands. Students explored cutting, tearing and glueing small parts and added yarn for texture in the lion's mane and tail!

Grade 2 Lion Drawings in Colored Pencils

Second grade explored the element of line drawing pictures of lions expressing their fierce or friendly nature!

Grade 2 Toucan bird: Drawings in Dry Pastels

Second grade students learned that there are many different varieties of toucan birds that live in many parts of the world; their one common attribute is their colorful bill.  While its size may deter predators, it is of little use combating them.  THe toucan's bill is useful as a feeding tool.  The birds use them to reach fruit on branches that are too small to suport their weight, and also to skin their pickings.  In addition to fruit, toucans eat insects and sometimes young birds, eggs or lizards.  Students drew their toucan birds and added color with dry pastels exploring blending.

Grade 2 Tropical Bird Oil Paintings

Second graders painted their tropical birds. They learned about the birds habitats, what they feed on, their nests, eggs, the food they eat and how they sing!  Then we used oil paints on sheets of foam to create our paintings thinking about mixing bright colors and creating surface texture with different kinds of brush strokes for the feathers and plants in the background.  It was fun to think like birds, act like birds and sing like birds!!!