Welcome to the Visual Arts Department at DES! Grades 2 & 3

Visual Arts: WhAt iS aRt?

Students have been working super hard creating some amazing pieces of art work! Currently 

Mrs. Bertone's 3rd grade class and Mrs. Lancaster's 2nd grade class leaf prints are on display outside the Art and Music rooms at DES! They look amazing!

We spent several weeks creating our masterpieces and talking about a few key art terms: 

Warm vs. Cool colors, stamping, printing, varieties of lines, Compliment and the importance of EFFORT!

Here are some pictures that display the creative process!

More 3rd graders Leaf prints

                DES 3rd Grade Artists

 Day 1: White Leaf prints onto Black paper

Day 2 and 3: Warm Vs. Cool Color Sponge Painting

Day 4 and 5: 3D Puffy paint/Glitter glue outlining and Frame Line Design

Adding 3D Outlines

 

On Day 5, we added a frame with a variety of unique line designs that COMPLIMENT our art work!

 

 

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DES 2nd Grade Artists

Second grade artists worked on leaf prints and tissue paper designs. We discussed warm vs. cool colors and applied tissue paper using a watered down glue method that replicated a stained glass effect.
Day 1 and 2: Students worked on applying the tissue paper.

On Day 3 students worked on creating the black leaf prints using black Tempera paint and leaf stamps. Lastly, on Day 4 students glued their finished work to a frame and added a series of line designs both around their leaves and on their frames to compliment their artwork.

Here are some finished Leaf Designs! They look Amazing!! Nice job Second Grade!