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Grandma Moses Landscapes — 2nd Grade

By Marcia Beckett | January 24, 2011 - 11:43 pm |January 15, 2013 artists, second grade

The goals for this project are to Classify artworks as landscape, still-life or portrait. Identify and use foreground, middle ground, and background in two-dimensional works of art. Use size relationships and simple depth techniques to show space in an artwork. We learned about the artist Grandma Moses and created a winter collage using various materials. We read a couple books about Grandma Moses and looked at her artwork. These are two books about Grandma Moses which are great for this … Read more… →

Clay Bells

By Marcia Beckett | December 16, 2010 - 2:07 am |January 15, 2013 clay, fifth grade, first grade, fourth grade, second grade, third grade

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I did an after school clay class with kids in grades K-6

Jasper Johns Collograph Print

By Marcia Beckett | December 8, 2010 - 8:49 pm |January 15, 2013 printmaking, second grade

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2nd GRADE:We read about the art of Jasper Johns. He used everyday, ordinary images and created art so people would view ordinary things in a new way. We made a collograph printing plate using letters and numbers cut from foam, cardboard and yarn pieces. We printed them on paper using white printing ink.

Alaskan Masks

By Marcia Beckett | November 19, 2010 - 1:42 am |January 15, 2013 second grade

Finished Pocket Pots

By Marcia Beckett | November 17, 2010 - 2:39 am |January 15, 2013 clay, fifth grade, first grade, fourth grade, kindergarten, second grade, third grade

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Here are a few of the final glazed pocket pots. Kids were in grades K-6. It was an afterschool class. For full directions, see earlier post about this project. Yay! I love them!