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Second Grade

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Students in Second Grade used pencil, crayon and oil pastel to create a vase with plants using Positive/Negative shapes and lines

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Art Museums with Virtual Tours: Visit from Home!

Send your child on a virtual field trip to an art museum!
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 minute visit set to music
 
Musee Du Louvre: 30 minute segment set to music. Get closer looks at specific pieces. Virtual Reality Mona Lisa!
 
Museum of Modern Art: Audio talks on collections and exhibits
 
Natural Gallery London: Virtual tours of gallery rooms and paintings 
 
Art Institute of Chicago: El Greco- video and audio tour and interactive features
 
Van Gogh Museum: Interactive experiences for children
 
Dali Museum: Virtual reality (may require an app download)
 
Guggenheim: Video tours of exhibits
 
The Frick Museum: Virtual tours of the galleries
 
Tate Modern: Audio talks on exhibits and children's activities
 
Most art museums have their collections online and children can explore and draw what they like.

Marble Art
 
This is an easy low-mess art activity kids can do inside or outside. Its an action art activity- great for active kids who may be bored by sitting to make art.
 
All you need is a box, paper, paint and marbles or small rubber balls
 
Place paper in the base of the box.
Dip marbles into paint, place inside box and roll
Try mixing different colors or use cool or warm colors only.
After painting has dried, you have a great abstract piece or cut paper into shapes such as Easter eggs, hearts or flowers...
100 Silly Drawing Prompts
 
Your child can draw one every day- try mixing up the materials they use to draw the prompts- also, ask them to draw with their non-dominant hand, have them start drawing and sibling complete it, close their eyes and draw, try drawing but not using their hands!
Easy make your own sketchbook directions-
 
Children can be given a blank cover to decorate as well- cardstock paper, wrapping paper or brown paper bag would work well.
 
 

Art At Home

Easy, no mess art materials for home:
 
Crayola Model Magic
 
Watercolor paints and watercolor paper (Canson is the brand I use at school)
 
Watercolor brush pens
 
Crayola construction paper shapes
 
Do A Dot Art Dot Markers 
 
Sargent Art Tempera Paint Sticks
 
Self adhesive foam shapes, craft gems, googly eyes, pom poms
 
Stickers
 
The Original Buddha Board (Amazon)
 
Wikki Stix
 
Stencils
 
Blank comic book page printables www.picklebums.com 
 
Sketchbooks
 
Pipe Cleaners 
 
Origami
 
Paper rolls- white or brown craft 
 
Printable art pages www.thecolor.com 
(several printables of artists and paintings we have studied:
Magritte, O'Keeffe, Van Gogh, Mondrian, etc)
 
These items are all available on Amazon
If you venture out, most can be found at Target or Michaels/JoAnn Fabrics
 

Queen Of All Saints was asked to create an art piece for
Alderman Samantha Nugent's 39th Ward's office. 
Six classrooms participated in the making of a series of black, white and gray 8x10 abstract pieces.  
We are extremely honored to represent QAS!
Look for our masterpiece when you visit her office.

Positive/Negative Space

Students in Kindergarten to Eighth grades are studying
Positive/Negative Space
 
They will be exploring the concept through various art projects, two of which pay homage to Keith Haring and Rene Magritte
 
Projects will incorporate water color and tempera paint, oil pastels and even vintage photographs
 

Georgia O'Keeffe Unit

Students in K-8 are learning about Georgia O'Keeffe. 
We are starting off with a genuine cow skull in the classroom (Thanks Ebay)
and playing "Roll A Georgia O"Keeffe Cow Skull" drawing game with partners.