Grade 2 Winter Landscapes

Second Grade learned about different parts of a landscape this week. We talked about the foreground, middleground, background, and horizon line. I showed landscapes by Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Walt Curlee, and Andrew Wyeth. Students enjoyed coming up to the Smartboard and drawing the horizon line with my pen.

We also learned that objects in the background appear smaller than objects in the middleground or foreground. After we painted our three different value sections on our paper, we added trees to our landscape using crayons and pastel. Students also focused on adding shadow and value to their artwork through mixing colors. Below is some finished student artwork.