Nutcracker Portraits (Aka hilarious ha!)

Layered Weavings

Matisse Fish Bowl Collage

Hawaiian Tiki Masks

2nd Grade Chinese Dragons

2nd Grade Aboriginal Hands

Second Grade artists viewed and discussed the work of Aboriginal Artists in Australia. Students cut and glued three hands to black paper and added interesting line designs and Aboriginal symbols to the hands. The second week student began to make repeated paths of paint dots to recreate an aboriginal painting. This was my first time teaching this lesson, it developed over the weeks, but will be much better the next time I teach it! I love the colors of paint on the black paper, but would like to change the way the students design their hands in the future.

Second Grade Castles

Second Grade Artist used Grey paper and folded it in half to make a symmetrical cut for the beginning of their castle. They used the scraps from the first cut to make the side towers. They could use other scraps to build onto their castle as well. We learned interesting cutting techniques to add pop open windows and doors. We learned how to draw a basic dragon to add to the castle with other fairy tale elements. We tried to add shadows as well to the bricks, some are more obvious than others! Still working on perfecting this lesson.....they are pretty great though! 

Second Grade Crazy Chameleons

Second Graders painted an ABC pattern of three colors on a triangular shaped paper. They they added stamped textures with a variety of colors on top. The triangles were folded and cut to create the bended, curved shape that you see. Students used a variety of scraps of paper to cut and fold and glue the head, arms and legs together. It was fun to see how happy they were to make these! Most even gave their new friend its very own name!