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GRADE 2

OBJECTIVES

VISUAL ARTS
ESSENTIAL SKILLS

OBJECTIVES

I. VALUING THE VISUAL ARTS

A. AESTHETICS (PERCEIVING AND APPRECIATING)

2A1	tell that the artist chooses subject matter from the natural and human made environment.
2A2	compare visual qualities in works of artists with their own art work.
2A3	recognize and express respect for the creative process.

II. EVALUATING THE VISUAL ARTS

B. ART CRITICISM (JUDGING)

2J1	identify line as it defines shape in art and in the environment.
2J2	identify primary and secondary colors in artwork and the environment.
2J3	name tertiary colors.
2J4	identify warm and cool colors.
2J5	recognize repetition/pattern in the natural and constructed environment.
2J6	distinguish similarities and differences in textures within nature and the environment.
2J7	identify three-dimensional forms in the environment.
2J8	distinguish foreground and background in artwork.
2J9	identify the center of interest in an art work.
2J10	know and use the appropriate level vocabulary in discussing and making art.

III. UNDERSTANDING THE VISUAL ARTS

C. ART HERITAGE (KNOWING)

2K1	tell the relationship of parts to the whole in natural forms and the constructed environment.
2K2	recognize formal and informal balance.
2K3	tell that mobiles are free-moving constructions in space.
2K4	recognize that architecture is an art form and that the architect is an artist.
2K5	become familiar with famous artists and their work.
2K6	become familiar with genre painting.

IV. PRODUCING THE VISUAL ARTS

D. ART PRODUCTION (MAKING)

2M1	draw the human figure emphasizing body positions.
2M2	explore the principles of size, scale, and balance through drawing, painting, and collage.
2M3	demonstrate an awareness of differences in size, shape, and type of buildings by drawing home, school, and church.
2M4	use color to explore its emotional impact in painting.
2M5	become skillful in using tools and materials: paint, crayon resist technique, drawing pencils, and markers in an expressive way.
2M6	participate in a group design by making a collage mural.
2M7	demonstrate knowledge of simple paper weaving or burlap drawn-thread weaving.
2M8	demonstrate an understanding of relief printing by making glue and styrofoam prints.
2M9	experiment with surface decoration of clay: impressed design, drawing in clay, textural treatment.
2M10	construct a pinch pot in clay or a three dimensional form in play dough.
2M11	construct a simple mobile.
2M12	develop an understanding of stitchery by making an applique piece using the running stitch and cross-stitch.
2M13	demonstrate care and cleanliness in the use of materials in a safe and proper way.

VISUAL ARTS ESSENTIAL SKILLS

GRADE LEVEL 2

ART HERITAGE

(Knowing)

RequiredArtists:

In the Meadow/

Renoir

Composition No. 2/

Mondrian

Adoration of the

Magi /Lippi

and Angelico

Winter Scene/

Brueghel

Suggested Artists:

The Luncheon of

the Boating

Party /Renoir

Starry Night /Van

Gogh

I and My Village/

Chagall

Two Dancers on

Stage /Degas

Dempsey and Firpo/

Bellows

VISUAL ARTS ESSENTIAL SKILLS

ART CRITICISM/AESTHETICS

(Judging) (Appreciating)

Identify Line as it defines

shape

Name tertiary colors

Identify 3-D forms in nature

and the environment

Draw from observation as well

as from imagination

Discuss artist's choice of

subject matter from the

environment

Distinguish foreground

and background in

artworks

Discuss formal and informal

balance in artwork

Recognize architecture as an

art form

Recognize and express respect

for the creative process

ART PRODUCTION

(Making)

Drawing:

Marker

Crayon

Painting:

Brushes

Printmaking:

Relief

Fiber:

Stitchery

Applique

3-D

Mobile

Pinch Pot

Clay Sculpture

Other:

Collage

Paper Weaving

Skill Development:

Use running

stitch and

cross stitch