2nd grade Wolf Kahn Landscapes

Ohhhhhh, how I love Wolf Kahn's ethereal landscapes - the beautiful color combinations just pull me right into his work. I want to live in them! This is a great art lesson I enjoy doing each year with my 2nd graders. First, we look at Kahn's artwork in depth and then create a landscape in his style using lots of texture, bold colors and washes of watercolor paints! 

2nd grade Wolf Kahn Landscapes

Last year, I really enjoyed the Wolf Kahn inspired lesson I taught to my 2nd graders, so I decided to give it another whirl this year since it really does teach a lot of great concepts that correlate with my curriculum. A few of my classes approached it in the same manner as last year's, however, I tend to get very antsy and like to change things, so this year I also experimented by having some groups use a crayon resist technique. I am torn as to which style I like more......regardless, I am happy that I added the texture rubbing plates into the mix with both approaches. 

2nd Grade Wolf Kahn Landscapes

My second grade artists created these mixed media pieces inspired by the American landscape artist, Wolf Kahn. The project incorporates chalk pastels, oil pastels, watercolors and construction paper. They learned where foreground, middle ground and background are located. We also talked about the idea of diminishing size as objects move back in space. This is a very complex idea for children of this age! I really love the expressive use of color in their landscapes! Yay for 2nd grade!!