Joan Miro Parties

2nd graders looked at the artwork of abstract artist, Joan Miro His art looks like this:

We identified that he uses geometric shapes (shapes with names) as well as organic shapes ( shapes without names). Students then played a game where they rolled dice to decide on the shape of body, head, eyes, etc. They also needed to make a boarder of geometric shapes. These characters look like they are ready to party!

Second Graders Miss Summer!

In second grade we learned about the term self-portrait. After talking about facial and body proportions (pretty advanced stuff for 2nd graders) we gave the project a twist by making them underwater portraits. We looked at the photography of Sarah Lee to make some predictions on how we might look different underwater.

Underwater photography of Sarah Lee

Underwater photography of Sarah Lee

Here are student results!

Line Variation!

Ask a second grader what variation means and they will confidently say "Variation means different!" Check out their ability to create lines with variation. We know how to create variation by changing the thickness, directions and size of lines. Check 'em out!

                                     

                                      

Aboriginal Art

When we started this project 1st and 2nd graders could not even pronounce the word Aboriginal. Ask them about it now and they can tell you it is art from Australia, it has dots, it has patterns and it has animals. They can also explain why dots were used and how Aboriginal art is different from other kinds of art. This was a time consuming project, but WOW the results are gorgeous!!

Students working on their projects

Ms. Schubow next to some Aboriginal Art in New York City!