Category Archives: Grade 2/3 Art Projects

These are the projects we have taught the grade two and three students

Everybody Digs Jasper Johns (and Bill Evans)

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3 Colour Wash Alphabets I have to say that these are some of my favourite results in teaching art so far.  That may be oversimplifying it, but I just never get tired of these ones!  You may notice that … Continue reading →

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The Warp and the Weft: Weaving With Colour

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3 Burlap Weaving Duration:  2 double classes After finishing their Snake in the Grass paper weaving project, the students were ready to tackle some weaving proper.  We did a quick review of the 3 W’s.  I told them that … Continue reading →

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There’s a Snake in the Grass! / Beginner Weaving

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3 Paper Weaving Duration:  2 double classes First off, BIG thanks to Deep Space Sparkle artblog for this lesson idea.  Deep Space Sparkle was the first Art Ed website I used to cruise, and it sent me off in … Continue reading →

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What if a Giant SOMETHING Came to Town?!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Art Education

Grade 2/3:  A Lesson in Perspective Duration:  1 1/2 double periods We were talking about creating the illusion of distance and space using the relationship between size and fore, middle, and background.  What is the difference in the size of … Continue reading →

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Grade 2/3 Cityscapes

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Art Education

Drawing with Paint and Scissors Session 1:  Complimentary colours, warm and cool colours, scale of buildings.  With visions of Van Gogh’s skies and brushes in hand, students could choose either blue/green or yellow/orange for their sky paintings.  There is something … Continue reading →

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Grade 2/3 Portraits

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Art Education

Student Portraits In conjunction with some self-reflective writing they were doing at the time, I had the grade 2/3’s do ‘head shot’ portraits of a partner in class.  I started things off by demonstrating with a portrait of their teacher, … Continue reading →

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