Students continue to be given the opportunity to discover their own methods for expression with a variety of tools and materials. This lesson repeats a Grade One project, and allows students and instructor to see the results of increased motor dexterity and understanding pictorial space. Circles and spirals. Students explore converting circles made from templates or compasses on paper which are cut out and transformed into three-dimensional shapes by cutting on a radius to create a cone or cutting on a spiral and stretched. Students create paper sculptures.
Students use liquid tempera paint to create paintings and practice color mixing skills.
Tools of painting and their names are introduced. Grade Two students begin a museum study of the Impressionist painters as part of their classroom curriculum. Art room study continues with creating copies form color plates of master Impressionist paintings using the techniques of pointillism with oil pastels. The idea of optical mixture of color is discussed. Children also write in workbooks.