2nd grade art lessons – Art with Mrs Filmore

Winter Cardinals -4th grade and Superhero Masks – 2nd grade!

March 14, 2026 No Comments

This will be my last winter art post for the season (Woo-Hoo! that’s a good thing!) Spring is just around the corner -thank god!! I’ll be posting a collection of “Springtime Art lessons” in a few days—so be on the look out for that! But in the meantime, I wanted to share some cardinals that recently wrapped up last week, and some fun superhero masks by my 2nd graders! —-I also have 4 NEW PDF hand drawn mask templates you can download and print out now in my TpT store too (more on that below).

One out of my (5) 4th grade classes finished painting their cardinals…the rest will finish up this coming week, and I’ll add more here after (as well as within the “4th grade art lessons” page).

This lesson took (4) 40 minute art classes to complete.

DAY 1: I demonstrated under the doc camera how to draw the cardinals on a sheet of 9×12” 80# white drawing paper. Students drew along with me as I drew starting with the cardinal, then the branch and snow, and then the tail feathers.
Once all of that was drawn, students added texture on the branch and then went over all their lines in sharpie.

DAY 2:

On day 2, I showed students how to color in their bird, branch and snow. We used colored pencils to color in, and I explained to press down hard while coloring in their bird red to make the color pop. For coloring in around the eye, I explained to press a little lighter, so the black wouldn’t completely blend in with the detail of the eye. They colored the beak orange, feet black, and branch with colored pencils and then added just a little bit of blue along the bottom of their snow along the branch. I explained to press hard with a blue colored pencil right where the snow meets the branch, and then gradually get lighter and lighter as you move up the snow, only to about 1/2 way. For some reason it’s not really showing in the photo in the artwork above.

DAY 3: On day 3, I demonstrated how to add shading using a black colored pencil within the bird, making sure to press harder along the edges and gradually pressing lighter and lighter, as it moves away from the edges. I also explained it’s important to overlap your lines as you do that step.

Then we outlined the bird, branch and snow with a black crayon (while pressing down hard). Doing this step helps create a barrier so that the watercolor paint won’t seep into those areas. Having pointier crayon tips (or sharpening them beforehand with a crayon sharpener) is helpful for this step as well.
Then we added some snow falling using a white crayon —making sure to press really hard as well. I reminded students even though you can’t see white on white paper – sometimes the way you hold your paper (if you tilt it just right) you can see the shiny parts from where you drew snow from the wax of the crayon on your paper. We talked about how this eventually would create a crayon-wax resist technique, (watercolors and wax don’t mix, and the paint won’t cover up the areas where you draw with crayon) when we paint the sky blue in the following art class.

DAY 4: Students used turquoise liquid watercolors (that was watered down a little) to paint their sky, revealing their snowflakes on the final day of the lesson. I like using Sax brand liquid watercolors for this lesson.

LEARNING GOALS:

Students can create, identify and define a crayon wax-resist painting technique

Students can create value changes in their bird with shading

Students can define the element of art “value”

Students can create, identify and define texture within their artwork

I’ll add more student artwork here later this week once they’ve finished!

2nd Grade Superhero Masks

Link to my TpT store to download a PDF of 4 different hand drawn masks is below – $3.99 for all 4 masks

This lesson is a fun project for ALL ages!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/art-with-mrs-filmore

This was a super fun one day lesson!! (40 minute class) *Some classes needed a day 2 to complete

I drew four different mask shapes, each on a sheet of 9 x 12” super heavy weight tag board paper and then ran each one through the copy machine. I recommend printing these out on “super heavyweight tagboard” (or thick cardstock)

Students could design their mask anyway they wanted with pencil first and then colored in with markers, crayons or colored pencils. Once finished they cut out their mask and then folded a little bit where the eyes were and then cut a tiny slice so they could get their scissors inside and then cut out the eyes.

Some students even decided to draw above the mask line to add other details as seen in the photos above like rabbit ears and additional details above their mask design. They were extremely creative!

To fit their mask to their face I had straps that I cut from the same super heavy weight tag board paper into 9“ x 2“ strips. Each mask got 2 strips. I helped them staple each strip end to each side of their mask first, then put the mask against their face to measure out where the straps should meet/ overlap and then stapled at that area, so it would fit snug on their head, but be able to come off easily at the same time.

Students LOOVED this fun and engaging lesson and wore them immediately after they were finished being sized. I had students asking me in the hall “Are we making masks tomorrow in Art?!!” They heard from their friends that’s what they did in art and were SO excited to make one too!

This lesson coincided with reading the book “Almost Super” within their classroom, at one of my schools.

After students finish their masks, you could have students draw their own superheroes too, or have them write about what their superhero name would be, what powers they have, what greater good are they fighting for, where does their superhero live etc. to connect to literacy!

LEARNING GOALS

Students continue to enhance their cutting skills
Students can use a variety of line, shape, color, texture, and pattern to design their own unique mask
Students understand that art can connect/ relate with other subjects

Link to my TpT store to download a PDF of 4 different hand drawn masks is below – $3.99 for all 4 masks

This lesson can be a fun project for ALL ages!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/art-with-mrs-filmore

——-Next, I’ll be adding a new blog post on a collection of various springtime art lessons, as well as 5th graders “Blackout Poetry” with their blackout poetry artwork!

——I also just added more photos to my “about me /Q+A” page (under my drop down menu on the main page at the top) and a funny little story (that I just remembered) involving making music video’s with a cam corder, when I was a teenager from back in the 90’s

——Would you be interested in a YouTube video that shows how to create my “April Showers brings May Flowers” 2nd grade art lesson below? If so, please let me know by replying “YES” in the form below!
I can post my hand drawn umbrella PDF template on TpT for FREE to use for the lesson too!

Also— please let me know any other art video tutorial you’d like me to make! You can fill out the form below. The forms will not get published by the way— it’s for my eyes only. I’d love to hear from you -Thank you!

****UPDATE: Unfortunately I had to delete the forms because I’ve been getting hit with 100’s of responses a day from somebody (cyber bully??) who is only submitting random responses (basically spamming / blog spam/ web bot)

And last but not least—if you’d like to check out my art lessons on Instagram—follow along on my Instagram account at @mammalovespeaches

Thank you so much for visiting my website today!❤️ Hope you’re having a great weekend (or weekday, depending on when you’re reading this 🙂

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“Owls at Night” – grades 2 + 3

October 26, 2025 4 Comments

Loving these SWEET owls by my 2nd and 3rd grade students! In the past, I’ve only taught this to my 2nd graders, but I never did the lesson last year- so I had 3rd graders do them as well.

This was a 3 day lesson (40 minute art classes each)

DAY 1

I showed them step-by-step under the document camera how to draw the owl on a sheet of 9×12” 80# drawing paper with pencil.

DAY 2

Then they colored them in (just the moon, owl, and branch with leaves) with crayons, making sure to press down hard as they colored. They could color in the owl with whatever colors they wanted .
Then they added stars to the sky with a yellow crayon pressing hard, and outlined everything except the stars with a black crayon pressing hard as they outlined.

DAY 3

Then they painted the sky black with watercolors going right over their stars, creating a crayon wax resist.

I love how they all come out so different even though they are all drawing the same thing!

Would you be interested in a YouTube tutorial on this lesson?

Thank you for visiting my website! I will be posting another one today

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WINTER BEARS IN SWEATERS! -2ND GRADE-

December 24, 2019 1 Comment

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!! I ADORE THESE BEARS!!

This lesson took 3 art classes to complete (40 minutes each). 2nd graders followed along with me as I did a guided drawing for their bear on 12×12″ 80# white drawing paper in pencil. They added a ton of texture for the fur with sharpie, then they used some of their math skills to create their patterns in the sweaters!

Read more on all of this below students artwork, to see my step-by-step photos on how we created our bears!

I love all the different expressions!

Here’s how I demonstrated to students on how to draw the bear!

When kids were ready, I gave students dice and a pattern sheet that I created where each pattern was labeled by a number.

I posted this up on the board for kids to see when they rolled their dice for their patterns in their sweaters. Where it says “your choice of a pattern” they could select one from the sheet to draw, or create their own.

Here’s some photos of students creating their awesome bears!

Lesson inspiration from Britt Curley and @2art.chambers (instagram account)

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SPRINGTIME BUNNY, BEAR OR FOX! 2nd Grade

June 14, 2019 No Comments

How adorable are these?!?

This lesson took (2) art classes to finish (and I had JUST enough time to squeeze in one more lesson before the end of the year)! It’s a simple one —but packs in a bunch! It incorporates the Elements of Art- Line, Shape, Color, Value and Texture! We also used overlapping, contrast and pattern in our work! Students could choose between creating a bunny, bear cub or fox.

Read below the photos of student’s artwork to see how they were created and how to get FREE bunny and bear templates!

The fox template was clearly the most adored by my 2nd graders!

DAY 1 – Creating the field of flowers background!

Students drew flowers all over their 9×12″ 80# drawing paper using markers and crayons. They were encouraged to draw the flower heads LARGE and draw LOTS!! Especially along the top and sides, since later on the animal would be placed over their painting in the center.

I demonstrated a bunch of different ways to create the flowers first, but students could draw them any way they wanted! I also encouraged them to use bright colors.

Once their paper was filled, they drew green stems from each flower head going all the way to the bottom, using a green crayon as well as a green marker for each one.

Once all the flowers and stems were drawn, using just water on a paintbrush, they went over each flower with water. This turns the marker into almost a watercolor consistency. I showed them how to just do one flower at a time then rinse their brush before moving onto the next so the colors wouldn’t get muddy.

Then students went over all their stems with water. The crayon part of the stems would remain a solid line since crayons resist water. We talked about the Element of Art “Value” and how the colors of the flowers would get softer and lighter in value once water was applied.

DAY 2 – Adding the animal!

Students chose a bunny, bear OR fox template to start drawing lines with sharpie to add TEXTURE!

I downloaded and photocopied the free bunny template from a website called Teachstarter found HERE . I created the bear one myself and made copies for kids, which you can get for free on my Teachers Pay Teachers page HERE. The fox template was created by an art teacher (Mrs. Bohn from McLeansville Elementary Art, via Instagram) who shared her fox drawing template with me!

I demonstrated how to draw straight and diagonal lines close together in between each section using sharpie. Students could leave the eye area as it was, or go over the bunny lashes and create longer lines. We discussed how the lines created fur- like TEXTURE. We also discussed how the black & white vs. the colorful flower background would create CONTRAST.

Once all the lines were drawn, students carefully cut out their animals and glued onto their flower background with a glue stick!

I just LOVE how simple yet beautiful this lesson is! Plus, kids continue to understand how they are applying the elements of art while creating!

Thank you for stopping by! To view other grade level artwork, click on the drop down menu on the main page, and select a grade to view more student art!

I will be posting again next week on 5th Grade “Grid Drawings” inspired by artist Chuck Close, and 4th Grade “Enlarged Flower drawings” inspired by artist Georgia O’Keeffe!

Be sure to check back soon!

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3D Water Lilies Inspired by Claude Monet! 2nd Grade

May 28, 2019 No Comments

This is one of my absolute FAVORITE art lessons!

It incorporates focusing on (5) of the 7 elements of art – (Line, Shape, Color, Form, and Texture) and is inspired by artist Claude Monet and his beautiful water lily paintings. This lesson took (5) 40 minute art classes to complete.

Read below student artwork to see the steps on how we created them, as well as view my YouTube tutorial!

DAY 1:

Students learned about Claude Monet and looked at a slideshow of some of his paintings- Especially (of course ) his water lilies!

Then they painted a sheet of 12×18” tagboard with magenta liquid watercolors.

Students also viewed a fun video on Monet once paintings were set aside to dry. This is the video they watched below.

DAY 2:

Students painted a sheet of 10×10” tagboard with turquoise liquid watercolors, and sprinkled salt on the paintings while still wet. This becomes the water background for the water lily. The salt creates a sort of “resist technique” soaking up the bits of blue watercolor paint and once dry, leaves a bit of white– Making it look like light is reflecting off of the water.

We talked about how Monet (and other Impressionist painters) tried to capture a sense of light within their paintings.

These paintings were set aside to dry. Then students cut out the petal tracers I provided, which were printed on a sheet of cardstock. The 3 petals (1 large, 1 medium and 1 small) were cut out, then each size petal was traced 6 times, resulting in 18 petals total on their magenta painted papers.

Last year, when I created this lesson, I for some reason traced all 18 petals on EVERYONE’S pink painted papers for them to cut out???!!! Glad I decided to have them cut and trace out their own this year!

I demonstrated to make sure they were traced nice and snug next to one another so all 18 would fit. And to make sure all the Large petals were in one row then mediums in 1 row below the large and the smalls all in one row.

DAY 3:

Students created their lily pad on a sheet of 10×10” 80# drawing paper. They did this by filling in a drawn circle on the paper with layers of green and yellow pre-cut tissue paper and watered down white glue, overlapping each piece. Glue was applied to an area first, then a piece of tissue, then another layer of glue. Glue was brushed on after each piece of tissue to ensure they laid nice and flat.

I showed students how they could “pick up” 1 piece of tissue at a time, without using their sticky fingers by using their “gluey” paint brush and touching it to the tissue.

The lily pads were set aside to dry and for some classes that had some time left over, I read them this great story about Monet below! It’s a lovely story with wonderful illustrations!

DAY 4:

Students cut out their green lily pad and then cut out a triangle from the circle. This was then glued down onto their blue painted paper with a glue stick. (I rubbed off all the salt from the blue paintings once dry, ahead of time and pressed them between stacks of paper to make them flat before they did this step). A lot of glue is needed here and kids pressed down for 5 seconds to ensure it laid flat and adhered to the painting.

Then, after setting aside, students cut out their traced flower petals. They cut out all the large’s first, then medium’s, then small’s– making sure to paper clip each size together and labeled “L”, “M”, or “S” on the back of the paper-clipped petal bunch.

These were then saved in individual zip lock baggies and students wrote their name and class with sharpie on the bag for the next class.

DAY 5:

Assemble the flower!

Students finish cutting out petals (if needed) then glue down all the large petals first, then medium, then small.

I used tacky glue (pictured below) for this step. I love how easy the glue bottles are when squeezing, and the glue dries clear once dry. It also “grabs” onto the petals quickly. I bought them in packs of 5 at A.C. Moore for around $5. I also bought larger bottles.

I show students under the document camera, how to apply a dot of glue about the size of a pea, and stack the fish “tail” of each petal (we talked about how the shape of the petals looked like fish) right on top of each other– like making a sandwich –stacking the next rectangular fish tail over the previous one each time.

After each petal “fishtail” is held in place with a dab of glue for 5 seconds, students then held the tail down with one finger while bending and pressing the petals tip back to create the 3D element in the flowers petals, and makes the petals stick out.

Once ALL the petals were attached they rolled up a piece of pre-cut yellow felt fringe and glued it to the flowers center. I pre-cut 8″ x 1.5″ pieces of yellow felt and cut the fringe ahead of time for students. Students rolled their strip of fringe TIGHTLY! and then applied a lot of glue (using the same tacky glue as the petals) to the end and then a bit on the flowers center, before pressing and holding down for 20-30 seconds. If there is any extra glue coming out from the bottom, don’t worry about it because the glue dries clear as mentioned before.

And there you have it!!!

These beauties went up on the wall for display as soon as they were dry! (I like to let them dry overnight -or at least a few hours just in case).

Here’s my YouTube tutorial on this lesson below!

If your’e wondering what students are working on for the reaminder of the year (yikes only 3 or so art classes left!!) here it is!

1st Grade– Watermelon Weavings (new lesson!)

2nd Grade– Springtime Bunny, Bear OR Fox! (To view previous art on this lesson from last year, click on “2nd Grade Art Lessons” under the main menu and scroll down)

3rd Grade– Matisse Inspired Organic Shapes Collage (to view previous art on this lesson, click on “3rd Grade Art Lessons” under the main menu and scroll down)

4th Grade– Georgia O’Keeffe inspired “Enlarged Flower Drawings” (and ditto- check out previous flower drawings by going on their webpage and scrolling down)

5th Grade– Grid Drawings inspired by artist Chuck Close (yep, you got it- check out previous artwork by students under “5th Grade Art Lessons” and scrolling down!)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll be posting again VERY sooooon!

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2ND GRADE ABSTRACT SELF-PORTRAITS!

March 6, 2019 2 Comments

This fun self-portrait 3 day lesson combines art exploration in abstract art and color theory.

I’ve done this a few years now and it’s definitely one of my favorite lessons for 2nd grade!

More details on how they were created below students artwork!

Students could pose anyway they wanted for their photos— I Love the variety! Some fun and silly, some serious and contemplative, and some just happy and smiling!

DID SOMEONE SAY HEAVY ON THE PHOTOS PLEASE?!!

YOU GOT IT!

DAY 1

On the first day of the lesson, I showed students my examples, students artwork from previous years, as well as just the abstract drawings before paint was applied. I asked students what they thought abstract artwork might be while looking at all the examples. Students noticed that the drawings and paintings were basically lines and shapes! We discussed how abstract art focuses mainly on lines, shapes, and colors and didn’t show a “picture” of anything (a person, a dog, a tree etc.)

Students then looked at a fun, quick slideshow of artwork by various abstract painters (Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Joan Miro, Jackson Pollock and William de Cooning).

Students drew various lines and shapes on 12×18” tagboard in pencil, then went over all the lines with crayons being sure to press super hard (later on we would do a crayon wax-resist). They then filled out a short questionnaire with questions asking about their favorite things and questions about themselves.

DAY 2

On day 2 of the lesson, they painted their drawings with watercolors creating a crayon wax-resist.

While students worked, I took each students photo (which I later printed as a high-contrast black & white photo on printer paper).

DAY 3

In the following art class, students added additional color using NEON oil pastels by drawing shapes and lines on their dry paintings. I LOVE the addition of neon to their paintings!! Adds a nice layer of texture and so much color! This step was a new one this year, and kids and myself are happy of this new edition to the process!

LOOK AT ALL THIS FABULOUS LAYERING OF BRIGHT FUN COLOR!!

They then glued their black and white self-portrait onto their painting as well as their printed sentences that were cut into strips ahead of time.

ET VOILA!

I hope you enjoy these awesome abstract self-portraits as much as I do!!

MORE ON THIS LESSON FROM PREVIOUS YEARS HERE!

THANKS SO MUCH FOR CHECKING OUT MY BLOG! MORE ARTWORK (ALONG WITH SOMETHING EXCITING AND NEW IN THE WORKS FOR 5TH GRADE!!) ALL COMING VERY VERY SOOOOOON!!!!!!

STAY TUUUUNED!!!! : )

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2nd Grade “Thinking of Summer Self-Portraits” and 1st Grade “Dream Houses”

June 28, 2018 No Comments

2ND GRADE- “THINKING OF SUMMER” SELF-PORTRAITS!

Every year, near the end of the school year, I’ve had my students do this quick, fun lesson!

We draw just a portion of our heads large along the bottom of a 12×18″ 80# sheet of drawing paper. I demonstrate on how to draw a “rainbow line” along the bottom and then add eyes and eyebrows.

We talk about different facial expressions and how our eyebrows go up when we get excited!

We went around the room and shared a variety of ideas! They then drew images on what things they wanted to do over summer break within a large thought bubble. They could incorporate words too, but I told them to focus more on drawing than writing.

I demonstrated on how to draw a few ideas (one being a pair of sunglasses that looked three-dimensional, which kids loved drawing and did a fantastic job!)

Once complete in pencil, they outline all lines with a black sharpie then colored and painted!

One year I had students create a cut out version of themselves. After drawing, they cut out the entire head and neck and then cut the top portion of their heads off and glued it onto separate 12×18″ paper hinged open with the thoughts/images coming out.

AND NOW FOR SOME CUTE PICS OF KIDS CREATING THEIR ART! ….

I LOVED her t-shirt so much I had to take a pic!

1ST GRADE- “DREAM HOUSES”

On the first day of this lesson, I read the book “The Big Orange Splot” by Daniel Pinkwater.

I LOVE this book!! If you haven’t read it to your child, or students you should!

It’s about a man, Mr. Plumbean, who paints his house to “look like all his dreams”. In the beginning of the story, a big orange splot of paint falls on his house. Instead of getting rid of it, he adds to the splot, and paints his home with a ton of bright, vivid colors, and pictures of fun, random things. His neighbors get upset at him and want all the houses to look the same. Neighbors one by one, try to have a talk with him to change it back, but…. instead… each neighbor gets inspired, and ends up changing all their houses to look like their own dreams!

After reading the story, we discussed how it’s important to be yourself and to not be afraid to stand out. I showed students examples of previous 1st graders dream home drawings, as well as a few of my own, then kids got started!

I had no rules for this art lesson except to add a pattern somewhere within their work! Kids could draw whatever kind of house they wanted! It didn’t have to be rectangular or square like most houses—it could be any shape! It could be a slice of cake, a puppy, a cookie, a robot, a spaceship, a boat, a unicorn, slides coming from the roof to a pool in the yard….you get the idea!

I just wish I took more photos of their artwork….It was on their last art class that they finished them up and time just escaped me!!

Below these kids pics, I posted some other dream houses created by my 1st graders from last year to make up for that!

LOVE THIS STUDENTS T-SHIRT!!! AND FUN MULTI-COLORED HAIR!

SOME PICS FROM LAST YEAR….

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

TUNE IN SOON FOR 5TH GRADERS SUPER AWESOME GRID DRAWINGS!!!! ……

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CURRENT ART LESSONS UNDERWAY!! 1ST–5TH!

March 13, 2018 No Comments

Here’s what students are currently working on in Art class!

1st Grade: HOT AIR BALLOON COLLAGES

Students are using the Elements Of Art LINE and SHAPE to create these fun collages! These photos of student art are from last year. To learn how we are creating them and what the learning goals are click HERE.

2nd Grade: BIRCH TREE LANDSCAPES

2nd Graders are learning about foreground, middle ground and background and how to create a sense of space in art for this lesson. The photos above are of student artwork from last year. Some students are finishing up their Love Monsters this Thursday and will begin this lesson after. To learn more about this lesson and how students will create this, click HERE and scroll down!

I will be creating a YouTube video tutorial on the Birch Tree Landscape lesson soon, as well as a few “How to draw animals” videos for the lesson! Stay tuned!!!

3rd Grade: COMPLEMENTARY CREATURE PRINTS

3rd graders will start this lesson soon once the 3D Winter Mugs are finished. To learn more on how these prints were created and what the learning goals are for the lesson, click HERE and scroll down!

I have a YouTube tutorial on this lesson as well! Click under the main menu on “YouTube Tutorials” and view my video there!

4th Grade: ENLARGED FLOWER DRAWINGS

4th graders are currently working on this lesson inspired by the artist Georgia O’Keeffe! Photos above are by 4th graders from last year. Students enlarge a section of a flower while observing photos, using oil pastels. I LOVE this lesson and how we abstract the flower by zooming in and cropping just a section of a flower!

To learn more about this lesson and learn how students will create these beauties, click HERE and scroll down!

5th Grade: FALLING FOR FORESHORTENING

5th Graders are currently working on these fun perspective drawings! These photos above are by 5th graders from last year and previous years. They learn about the type of perspective “foreshortening”, and draw the person’s expression to match what they are falling into, add details to the hands and feet and create a background using colored pencils. To learn more on this lesson, and view additional drawings click HERE and scroll down!

SPECIAL EDUCATION: MIXED MEDIA FLOWER AND BUGS

Students created these adorable flowers and bugs using cut paper and cupcake liners! Kids glued green construction paper for the grass and flowers stem and leaves, then painted ovals and/or circles on separate paper with tempera paint to create the bugs. Then they painted a cut paper plate for the large flower head with liquid tempera paint.

On day 2, they glued on their paper plate flower head, then a cupcake liner for the center. They then drew legs for their bugs with marker, cut out the bugs and added them to their flower picture with google eyes!

Once finished, I showed them how to draw flowers in grass and they colored in crayon!

Be sure to check out the previous post on “PULLED STRING ART” my special education classes created below!! They came out so beautiful!!

To view additional artwork by my special education classes, click HERE!

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❤️LOVE MONSTERS❤️ —2nd grade!

February 13, 2018 No Comments

2nd graders had so much fun with this quick art lesson — (2) 40 minute art classes—that included TEXTURE and SYMMETRY!

JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY TOO!! Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!!❤

I read them the cute story, “Love Monster” by Rachel Bright for inspiration!

Currently on display at Roosevelt now! My students at Amvet will begin this lesson Thursday!

I taught this same lesson last year, but didn’t have students add hearts because they did it towards the end of the year, and called them “silly monster selfies”!

DAY 1:

After reading the story “Love Monster”, Students dipped a small piece of cardboard into black tempera paint that was on a paper plate, and printed lines on a colored piece of construction paper cut to 9×12” -creating the outer edges of their monsters. They then stamped more black lines inside to create the furry TEXTURE in the monsters head. This was then left aside to dry until the next art class.

DAY 2:

Students cut out their monsters leaving a little color around the edges of their monsters, and glued onto a sheet of 12×12” black construction paper using a glue stick. They then glued on large white pre-hole punched eyes, and black pupils. They took a small piece of black construction paper and folded it in half, and drew half of a mouth (any shape they wanted) and cut along the folded edge, revealing a SYMMETRICAL mouth.

After gluing the mouth, they cut teeth out, glued them on, and then created symmetrical hearts by folding red and pink construction paper and cutting along the folded side, and glued into their collage! Voila!

Thank you art teachers on Instagram (@mrsplouffsartclass, @mrsallainart, @artolazzi, and @paintedpaperart) for the lesson inspiration!!

To view students “silly monster selfies” from last year, click on “2nd grade art lessons” under the menu, and then scroll down until you see that lesson!

✨✨✨STUDENTS ✨✨✨——if you are looking for my YouTube art video tutorials, click on “ART INSTRUCTION VIDEOS” located under my menu. OR- click HERE to take you to my YOUTUBE channel!

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Best,

Mollie

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New Video Tutorial up! -3D Waterlily inspired by Claude Monet

January 1, 2018 No Comments

I FINALLY created another art video tutorial —and I’m so excited because this video was created with my new iPad!!! Much better than shooting with a cell phone! I’m still learning some tricks with editing in iMovie so hopefully the more I play around with it the better I’ll get the hang of it!

Would love to hear feedback from people😉!

Thanks so much for checking out my blog!

Additional info and photos on this lesson are posted under ‘2nd grade art lessons in the drop down menu or by clicking ‘here’

DAY 1 – Creating the field of flowers background!

DAY 2 – Adding the animal!

This is one of my absolute FAVORITE art lessons!

DAY 1:

DAY 2:

DAY 3:

DAY 4:

DAY 5:

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

ET VOILA!

I hope you enjoy these awesome abstract self-portraits as much as I do!!

2ND GRADE- “THINKING OF SUMMER” SELF-PORTRAITS!

1ST GRADE- “DREAM HOUSES”

On the first day of this lesson, I read the book “The Big Orange Splot” by Daniel Pinkwater.

I LOVE this book!! If you haven’t read it to your child, or students you should!

Here’s what students are currently working on in Art class!

1st Grade: HOT AIR BALLOON COLLAGES

Students are using the Elements Of Art LINE and SHAPE to create these fun collages! These photos of student art are from last year. To learn how we are creating them and what the learning goals are click HERE.

2nd Grade: BIRCH TREE LANDSCAPES

*****I will be creating a YouTube video tutorial on the Birch Tree Landscape lesson soon, as well as a few “How to draw animals” videos for the lesson! Stay tuned!!!*****

3rd Grade: COMPLEMENTARY CREATURE PRINTS

3rd graders will start this lesson soon once the 3D Winter Mugs are finished. To learn more on how these prints were created and what the learning goals are for the lesson, click HERE and scroll down!

I have a YouTube tutorial on this lesson as well! Click under the main menu on “YouTube Tutorials” and view my video there!

4th Grade: ENLARGED FLOWER DRAWINGS

To learn more about this lesson and learn how students will create these beauties, click HERE and scroll down!

5th Grade: FALLING FOR FORESHORTENING

SPECIAL EDUCATION: MIXED MEDIA FLOWER AND BUGS

On day 2, they glued on their paper plate flower head, then a cupcake liner for the center. They then drew legs for their bugs with marker, cut out the bugs and added them to their flower picture with google eyes!

Once finished, I showed them how to draw flowers in grass and they colored in crayon!

Be sure to check out the previous post on “PULLED STRING ART” my special education classes created below!! They came out so beautiful!!

To view additional artwork by my special education classes, click HERE!

2nd graders had so much fun with this quick art lesson — (2) 40 minute art classes—that included TEXTURE and SYMMETRY!

JUST IN TIME FOR VALENTINE’S DAY TOO!! Happy Valentine’s Day Everyone!!❤

✨✨✨STUDENTS ✨✨✨——if you are looking for my YouTube art video tutorials, click on “ART INSTRUCTION VIDEOS” located under my menu. OR- click HERE to take you to my YOUTUBE channel!

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I will be creating a YouTube video tutorial on the Birch Tree Landscape lesson soon, as well as a few “How to draw animals” videos for the lesson! Stay tuned!!!