Second grade - cropped flowers

In this art project students second grade students have been focusing on the elements of space and value.

Students first chose an image of a flower. They were asked to crop the image using a viewfinder. A viewfinder is a tool used by artists to look through to help focus on the object they are drawing. The viewfinder helps the second grade artist zoom in on one part of the flower. Using the image inside the viewfinder students activated the edges of their paper by allowing the petals to fall off when they drew.

After drawing students focused on the flowers colors. Students learned to use values when painting or coloring the flower. Value is the light and dark of a single color. For example light blue, medium blue, and dark blue.