1. Central Primary School Arts Day
Second Grade: Let’s Talk Art

2. What is Art? Art is not one thing.
Art is all around you- from the doodles on your homework to the painting in your living room to the family photos you took during the holidays.

3. What is Art? Famous paintings, drawings, and sculptures
Visual art- collage, stained glass, photography, printmaking, graffiti, movie posters, advertising, and design

4. What’s the Point? Most artists will answer that art makes them happy.
Art is a way to express yourself.
You can tell a story or record what someone looks like.
You can share your feelings or communicate ideas or opinions.

5. Do You See What I See? Is looking at art the same as seeing art?
You use your eyes to look at art, and your eyes send the image to your brain. But your brain tells you what to see depending on your age, your interests, your experience, and how you are feeling that day.

6. What is an Art Style? A style is like a signature.
A style of art can also be described as a movement.
A movement is when lots of artists begin to paint or create in a similar style.
Ex: Cubism

7. 10 Questions To Ask When Looking at Art
What do I see?
What else do I see?
How does it make me feel?
Why does it make me feel that way?
What do I think the artist was feeling?
What do I think the story is, if there is one?
What kinds of colors and shapes can I see?
Do I like this?
Why or why not?
Would I hang it on my bedroom wall?

8. Your Turn To Try… What do I see? What else do I see?
How does it make me feel?
Why does it make me feel that way?
What do I think the artist was feeling?

9. Your Turn To Try… What do I think the story is, if there is one?
What kinds of colors and shapes can I see?
Do I like this?
Why or why not?
Would I hang it on my bedroom wall?

10. Your Turn To Try… What do I see? What else do I see?
How does it make me feel?
Why does it make me feel that way?
What do I think the artist was feeling?

11. Your Turn To Try… What do I think the story is, if there is one?
What kinds of colors and shapes can I see?
Do I like this?
Why or why not?
Would I hang it on my bedroom wall?