2nd Grade Warm and Cool Sailboat Silhouettes Square1 Art Project

So successful were our sailboats for our Square1 Art Fundraiser last year, we did them again!

How can we use colors to communicate?

Warm
Cool
Silhouette
Collage
Contrast
Overlapping

Colors used in artworks can tell us the time of day, the weather, and how someone is emotionally and physically feeling.  2nd graders choose either a warm or a cool color scheme to tell the time of day and weather of their artworks and using tissue paper, collaged the background.

Black construction paper and markers were used to finish the work.

2nd Grade Warm/Cool Sailboat Silhouettes

2nd grade used warm or cool colors to collage a background for their sailboats out at sea. Students talked about why artists would use warm colors or cool colors in a work of art and what each suggests: time of day, mood, setting...

These always turn out beautiful, especially when we add our "juicy details" with Gel Fx markers and sharpie for more contrast!