There is an amazing story we read
Pumpkins written by Mary Lyn Ray/Illustrated by Barry Root. The story is about a man who loves an open field across from his house. One day a 'for sale' sign was in the field. He was worried that construction on new houses would demolish the beauty of the field. He was able to buy the field by planting pumpkins in it and selling them. The book has such a simple but important message.
This book inspired our artwork-
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| Artwork on the drying rack |
Drawing pumpkins so they looked near or far was a goal for this piece. Understanding things that a near are typically larger and they get smaller the further away they are. We reviewed what a horizon line is and talked a lot about overlapping, what does it mean and how does it look. It was fun to see everyone think about how to make it look like their pumpkins were not all just sitting upright. The topsy turvy pumpkins look like how they really grow in a field.
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| On display in the Halls |
The pumpkins were traced with Warm Color markers so that when we painted them orange a little of the marker blended into the paint to create some shading. These pumpkin fields look beautiful in the hallways.
Louise Nevelson-Recycled Collage Art
Our second graders learned how to reuse and recycle items that could be considered trash and make artwork out of it. Louise Nevelson was an artist who did not have a lot of money, so a lot of the materials she used to create her artwork came from the trash. She used her imagination to create new collages out of the 'treasures' she found.
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| works in progress |
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| Ready for Display |
They had a great time arranging and thinking about what they could do with the 'treasures' they found and brought in for class. It was neat to see all of the different items the kids had collected. It was also eye-opening for me to see how the reimagined and repurposed the objects. It was a bit of a process with a great pay off!