Lesson Ideas for Grade Two!
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Windswept Coastline

 Beautiful Brish Columbia!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Watercolour
1.5hrs

Bouquet

A beautiful bouquet! Maybe for Mom?

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5 hrs

Great Blue Heron

Wetland paradise!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

 

Robin's Nest

Robin mom with eggs!
RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Koi

A flippy fishy!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Pen & Wash:
1.5 hrs

Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Tree House

Simple perspective and a cool treehouse too!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Charcoal:
1.5 hrs

Charcoal & Chalk:
1.5 hrs

Tree Frog

Green, orange & white!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Owls

These owls are AMAZING! Learn shape and colour! (And really big eyes!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Santa

The jolly old elf himself! Create your version of Santa... how do you imagine he looks? Grade 1's will create a more basic Santa.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Charcoal/Pencil:
1.5hrs

 

Snail

Snail but not so slow!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5 hrs

Toucan

A terrific Toucan! Lovely shading & colour project! These toucans look fabulous and they fit in beautifully with rain forest units.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Waterscape

(Yes, Grade 2's CAN do this... it's as easy as drawing an "S"! A really good introduction to watercolour painting. Grade 2 artists will learn the benefits of simplification and editing, as well as using basic lines to give the illusion of distance. This lesson would also work for pencil or charcoal sketching.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Butterfly

Fabulous Butterflies! Amazing colour! Pastel blending in the extreme! Beware... this project is more challenging than it looks! Allow for the full 1.5 hours.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Salmon

(Are you studying Salmon with your class this year? Learn how to draw and paint them at any stage in their life cycle. Let me know what kind of salmon and what stage you would like to focus on! This lesson would also work well in oil pastel or sketching.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

"Sunshine & Shadows"
Peanut Butter Bear

'Sunshine & Shadow' colours, shapes galore and adorable bears!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Garry Point Lighthouse

Garry Point park in Richmond!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Watercolour or Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Poinsettia

'Tis the season! The poinsettia is an excellent shading lesson. Learn to 'pop' the lighter shades out from the darker shades! An excellent lesson in colour blending.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Orca

(Beautiful whale in a peaceful setting! What else could you ask for? Excellent lesson! Yes, Grade 2's can do this!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Autumn Maple Tree

Autumn leaves, shaded tree trunk and a beautiful background scene!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Blossoming Cherry Tree

Feel the softness of the petals as they drift gently in the spring breeze. Learn to paint or draw a cherry tree in full blossom. The simplicity of the subject allows more time to explore detail and colour!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Beachscape

Can't wait for summer? Try a beachscape with a pretty little sailboat!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Cartoon Characters

(What kid doesn't love cartoons? But do they know how they're drawn? Grade two students will learn to create their own character using basic shapes and features. Learn how to make your characters show emotion! What do you want people to feel when they look at your character?)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Pencil, Pencil Crayon & Felt
1.5hrs

Cliffs

(Looks tricky doesn't it? It's really just a series of upside-down "L" shapes. Shading creates the illusion of distance!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Fawn

Lovely fawn in the underbrush.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Pencil/Charcoal:
1.5hrs

Snowman

A whole glacier worth of snowmen are created every winter!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Chilly Penguin

Learn basic drawing & shading skills while create awesome penguins!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Pacific Dogwood

(Grade 2's will learn basics of drawing realistic flowers, leaves and branches! Learn shading techniques. B.C.'s Provincial Flower... well, it's actually modified white leaves surrounding a tiny orangish blossom cluster but we can draw it! Paint it, too! Oil pastel would be lovely.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Charcoal/ Charcoal & Chalk/
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Autumn Harvest

Create a still-life with pumpkins, apples and pears. Emphasis on using light and shade to create the illusion of roundness.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH

Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Monkey

Funky Monkey! Upside down in a tree! Shading and the fabulous skill of the tail twist!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH

Oil Pastel:
1.5hrs

Garry Point Lighthouse

Garry Point Park in Richmond! A lovely view! Good lesson to learn watercolour and how to shade lighthouses to make them look round. Also great in oil pastel!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Pumpkins

(We drew many pumpkins last October! A veritable field of the jolly orange orbs! This lesson can also be done without the face. Excellent for oil pastels, tempera painting or watercolours. We can even make spiffy clay pumpkins if you like!)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny has a great big delivery for your class! An 'egg'cellent shading lesson in a variety of bright spring colours. Cute & Simple to draw. Grade 2's will LOVE this bunny! (Bunny can hold flowers for students who don't celebrate Easter. )

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Oil Pastel/Watercolour:
1.5hrs

Little Chicken

This little chick is a very quick and easy introduction to watercolour. Easy to draw shapes will let us spend more time on painting! Grade 2's will love this little spring chick!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Watercolour:
1.5hrs

 

 

Sculpture
Only available when all classes do clay that day!

 

Sculpture
Pinch Pot Fish

It can also be a fancy fish or a pretty fish or whatever kind of fish you can imagine! In fact... it might not be a fish at all!

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
1.5hrs

Sculpture
Birds

(Birds are a nice simple intrduction to working with clay or other sculpting mediums. Kids love them, too! Works well with clay, air dry clay or plastiscene etc. Only a small amount needed per student.)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
Sculpture:
1.5hrs

 

Sculpture
Animal Masks

Woof! or possibly meow! Grrrrrr? :-)

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
1.5hrs

Sculpture
Animals

Animals are a great introduction to sculpture. Works well with clay, air dry clay or plastiscene etc. Only a small amount needed per student.

RECOMMENDED WORKSHOP LENGTH
1.5hrs