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Fairy-Tale Creature<br />
Brianna Vega<br />
Grade: 2<br />
School: PS 254, Queens<br />
<strong>Art</strong> Teacher: Aleksandar Popovic<br />
Watercolor on paper<br />
STUDENT: I want people to look at my<br />
art and say, “Wow, that art is amazing!”<br />
I tried hard and gave it my best.<br />
TEACHER: Our painting unit meets<br />
2nd Grade Blueprint performance<br />
indicators in painting. It is designed<br />
to develop an understanding of the<br />
basic principles of composition, and<br />
to give students the opportunity to<br />
explore painting with watercolors.<br />
After discussing myths and fairy tales,<br />
and studying paintings and book<br />
illustrations, students made paintings<br />
of fantastic creatures. They learned<br />
how to use watercolor brushes and<br />
paint to create different shades and<br />
tints. Students expanded art vocabulary<br />
through critical discussions. They made<br />
connections to their personal reading<br />
experiences, which they were able to<br />
incorporate in their artwork. Brianna<br />
used freely drawn lines in her painting<br />
complementing the wide strokes of<br />
the watercolor brush. Her selection<br />
of colors unified all elements in a<br />
very original way.<br />
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