Space.... The Final Frontier

Sep 9, 2015

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In 2nd grade, we have been learning about the Elements of Art... specifically the element of Space. We learned that in art there are two types of space: Positive (the main object) and negative (the area surrounding the main object.) We looked at many different examples of both positive and negative space:

To see the presentation we talked about to introduce and review Positive and Negative Space, please go to the MEDIA page here, and see Positve and Negative Space.

2nd graders created a checkerboard design using two different colors of square paper. They cut out organic shapes from one side of the paper and flipped the cutout over an axis (like opening a book) so that the positive shape (the cutout) became the negative shape in the space next to the square. This was a challenging project for the kiddos, but once they began to recognize the patterns they were creating, all of them were successful! I love projects that are both a little challenging and encourage kiddos to problem solve! These are fantastic!