Today we learned about the art of Henri Matisse, a painter who was very important in the style of fauve art where artists painted with wild colours. We watched the videos below about Matisse’s art, and used his style to make our own self-portraits. The students did a wonderful job of imitating Matisse’s style, and their choices of pastel colours were lovely! We now have a very colourful set of class portraits.
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Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing 2B dads! The students in our class have been working hard on sculpting inuksuks, painting them, writing and handcrafting cards, and decorating their wrapping for their dads. The effort they put into their gifts were evidence of how much they love their dads (and even some grandpas)!
This week we made invertebrate drawings that we then painted with watercolour and tempera paints. We had learned about iridescent insects from a book and used that learning to paint our invertebrates with bright, eye-catching colours. You can even watch below to see some art made by invertebrate animals and check out some more science-inspired art here, here, and here!
It was fun to see some familiar faces and some new ones too for Millgrove’s Open House this past Tuesday. Students who visited saw some of our class’ invertebrate creatures, got to take a look at our schoolwork, and read some sage advice from some veteran grade two students! You can check out the students’ hot air balloon mosaics below which matched the theme of “Oh the Places You’ll Go!"
Happy Mother’s Day! The students were thrilled to take home their Mother’s Day projects this past week depicting a nature scene with modelling clay. We were inspired by the work of Barbara Reid whose art in modelling clay you can observe below. Check out the students' work below as well (from before we had trimmed and wrapped them)! Thank you to all you fantastic 2B moms who love your children so very well! This past week we learned about the artist William Wegman. William Wegman is a photographer who is famous for taking pictures and videos of his Weimeraner dogs wearing costumes. His dogs are very well-trained, and have even appeared on Sesame Street. This month, 2B made our own silly-looking drawings of dogs in human roles. We hope you enjoy!
To complement our are learning about the culture and landscape of northern Canada, we learned about Ted Harrison and his art this week. Ted Harrison is an artist who was born in England but moved to Canada and was charmed by the land. His art is known for its bright colours, simple designs, and connection to northern landscapes and cultures, which you can see in our paintings below!
If you’ve visited our classroom this week, you may have noticed some cheery snowmen who greeted you in the hallway. We crafted up some snowmen in Art who are just as excited about the snow as we are. These snowmen have clearly learned from our Science unit on Hot and Cold temperatures about the value of insulators such as scarves, and the importance of dressing warmly to avoid hypothermia!
With winter holidays coming up, the students in 2B got to work making some Christmas ornament art to decorate the hall outside our classroom. We read a story about the significance of Christmas ornaments, and the students painted some wonderful christmas ornaments using paint. They turned out beautifully. You can browse through the photos below to see how lovely they look!
![]() To remember the important sacrifices of our soldiers this Remembrance Day, our class made magnified red poppies that would have come from Flanders Fields. We made these flowers in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe, who we learned about this week in Art. Georgia O’Keeffe is famous for her magnified, detailed approach to portraying flowers. You can watch the videos below to learn more about Georgia O'Keeffe and her flower art. In a month that we often associate with fear, we were inspired to paint like Edvard Munch and make our very own versions of his piece “The Scream.” We learned about Munch’s history as an artist, and looked at many examples of other artists’ adaptations of “The Scream.” The students painted their own background of a sunset on the sea, and posed with their best poses of terror! Their pieces of art turned out brilliantly, as you can see below.
![]() This past Tuesday, we celebrated Dot Day in 2B. Dot Day is based on the book "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds about a girl named Vashti who initially believes she can't draw, but later discovers that everyone can make a mark in the world. Each table shared their own unique ideas and art skills and made their very own dot, and it was neat to see how each table developed their own plan of how to design their dot. You can see the students' artwork and the book "The Dot" below! Today we learned about the art of Henri Matisse, a painter who was very important in the style of fauve art where artists painted with wild colours. We watched the videos below about Matisse’s art, and used his style to make our own self-portraits. The students did a wonderful job of imitating Matisse’s style, and their choices of pastel colours were lovely! We now have a very colourful set of class portraits. |
Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three and literacy teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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