Activities for April 2022

 

Spring is upon us!  We are going to practice our drawing skills.  April starts with National Pet Month. We will be concentrating on drawing pets. We will also explore styles in figure drawing. Lastly, it's also time for the end-of-year testing.

TESTING

V.A. Standards

Big Idea: Cognition and reflection are required to appreciate, interpret, and create with artistic intent.

VA.2.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to communicate personal interests and self-expression.

VA.3.C.1.1- Use the art-making process to develop ideas for self-expression.

VA.4.C.1.1- Integrate ideas during the art-making process to convey meaning in personal works of art.
VA.5.C.1.1- Develop a range of interests in the art-making process to influence personal decision-making.

Essential Question

How do you communicate through art?

Pet Drawings

National Pet Month is from April 1st to May 10

Ms. Wawa's Pet Art Examples

Lesson 1 / Dates

March 28 – Apr 8

Activity

Create a drawing of a pet inspired by Phil Heckels, Cassisus Marcellus Coolidge and Ed Attanasio's pet portraits for National Pet Month

Materials

- White paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils or markers (optional)

Steps
1) Sketch your drawing with a black pencil
2) Color using complementary colors

Lesson 2 / Dates

April 11 – Apr 29 

Figure Drawings

Activity

Create a drawing of a child involved in a daily activity.  Use a different style for each week.

1) April 11-14 - Silhouette ( inspired by Bansky)

Or a Bunny and Egg

2) April 18 - 22 - Anime/Manga (inspired by Japanese Anime and Manga)

Anime Art

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

More Information HERE

More ways to help our planet HERE

3) April 25 - 29 -  Illustration (inspired by Alex Brychta)

Books by Alex Brychta

Materials

- White paper
- Pencil
- Colored pencils or markers (optional)

Steps

1) Draw a child using one of these styles for each week:

    a) a silhouette style 

    b) a Manga style 

    c) an illustration style
2) Add details

3) Color (optiional)

Click HERE to learn how to create a comic book for extra credit

2nd Grade STEAM Project

Keep on practicing figure drawing

Values Matter

Value of the Month

Click HERE to view a video about Honesty

How can you display Honesty during art classes?