Second Grade Art
Study of the WIND
Second graders studied the wind in Studio Art and in Science class. Artists have been intrigued by the wind for years. How can an artist describe the wind which is an invisible force?
Van Gogh, Wheat fields with Cypress tree
In what ways do you see the wind in this painting?
What techniques did this artist use to describe the wind?
What would it be like to be inside this painting?
We read the Beaufort Scale, a scale created in 1805 that measures wind speed.
http://http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/beaufort.html
We looked at the work of Dutch artist, Theo Jansen who uses the wind to move his kinetic sculptures called Strandbeests:
http:// http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSKyHmjyrkA
The following week we discussed how the wind can effect the rocks and soil.
We painted a landscape and added Elmer's glue and chalk to describe out wind gusts.
