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Visual Arts Education — Grade 2
Goal 1, Objective 1.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Starry Night
- This lesson will introduce the artist Vincent Van Gogh and give students the opportunity to respond to his work. We will explore theme, color, and line while examining the painting "Starry Night" and creating our own pictures using a combination of oil pastel plus cut and paste.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
- By Martha Pearson.
- Personal picture narratives: Jacob Lawrence
- In this second grade lesson students will look closely at paintings by Lawrence depicting historical figures. Students will identify Lawrence’s unique style from work by other artists based on the elements of color and shape. They will create a painting using the same art elements to create a picture depicting an imagined scene from the life of Harriet Tubman.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
- By Eileen Palamountain.
- Clown portrait
- Students will create a clown portrait using tempera paint, oil pastels, and collage. They will look at prints of clowns from artist Pablo Picasso, Red Skelton, George Rouault, and Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.
You can even dress as a clown if you wish. - Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Visual Arts Education)
- By Michelle Harris.