2nd grade landscape art lesson

Who doesn’t love patterns? Two things that my students are great at are Painting and Patterns! In class we discuss what is a symbol versus a pattern? What is a complex pattern? What is a mot…

2nd graders looked at the way artists use foreground, middle ground, and background to create depth in their work. We used these new skills to create landscapes of our own! Learning Goals: I can describe what a landscape is I can point out foreground, middle ground, and background in a landscape. I can create a landscape.

My second graders recently learned about simple ways to show depth in an artwork. I gave a demonstration on my new document camera and showed them how rivers and roads that go back in space would be wider in the front and narrower in the back. I demonstrated how things that were far in the distance would be smaller than things in the front. The use of overlap is also a way to show depth. I showed the students this … Read more... →

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Glue resist chalk landscapes art lesson from our children's art studio in Charlotte, NC. You will love the vibrant and striking landscapes in this post!

Michelle’s Innovative Ideas on Instagram: "Colour Mixing Art 🤩Sunset over the mountains. 👉Swipe to see the lesson progression. Remember to like this post and save it for an art lesson this year. ❤️ My 2nd class did an amazing job with these! They really enjoyed creating them. This art took two lessons 😁 ✏️ Day 1: ☀️Step 1: Teacher modelling. I modelled how to draw the artwork. I started with a circle for the sun, added a wavy line for grass and then drew some triangles for mountains. I…

When I found out my 2nd graders were studying landforms in their Social Studies unit, I knew I had to try these Ted Harrison landscapes again. We went about the project in a pretty similar fashion …

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Westgarth P.S Art on Instagram: "Grade 1 process snippets for their Anna Blatman inspired landscape paintings. Lots of mess 🤪 I broke the steps down real slow, I’m so impressed with their patience and pride they take in their work. 👏🏼 Look out for these in this year’s Art Show. Thanks to @tallshortartists for the inspo with this project 🥰"

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Understanding space – foreground, middle ground, background as well as overlapping can be quite challenging for elementary kids. This assignment aimed at demystifying the concepts through a f…

Students learned to create original monochromatic landscape painting compositions using atmospheric perspective techniques. Students developed their understanding and use of acrylic paint and brush...

These landscape watercolor paintings inspired by Claude Monet and the Impressionists are sure to bring calm to your classroom ! When goin...

Sometimes it's fun to just rip paper. For this project, we used construction paper and glue sticks. That's it! Thinking about layering and landscapes, my K-5th grade students made torn paper hills and flowers.

Joel Scholten on Instagram: "Third grade just finished their @john_behnke inspired cityscapes! Students flexed their imagination while Focusing on background, middle ground, and foreground. We also discussed creating a story through our art and students used their imagination to create a giant animal or monster terrorizing the city! John Benke is a great example of both concepts! I will continue to share more! If you’re interested in this lesson, I will put my process reel in my stories, but