Dr. Suess Architecture-- 2nd grade

The 2nd graders studied Dr. Suess books in their classroom.  In art class, I showed them the art of Dr. Suess.  Did you know he made paintings and sculptures?  I showed them this book:

The Secret Art of Dr. Suess.. a must-have for art teachers teaching about Dr. Suess!  I love his artwork. Fantastic, whimsical, charming!  There are a few pictures in there better left for adults, so photocopy the pages you want the kids to see and pass them out for them to look at.  

I photocopied pictures from his storybooks that showed buildings and houses in the background.  The students used his whimsical style for inspiration and made their own Dr. Suess inspired pictures of architecture.  Some added characters... all of them were colorful and fanciful.

Dr. Suess style Architecture-- 2nd grade

 

 Dr. Suess Inspired Architecture, 2nd grade

Did you know Dr. Suess was also an artist?  See some of his artwork here.   We are going to explore the world of Dr. Suess and draw our own whimsical architecture.  

 

Dr. Suess Architecture

The 2nd graders studied Dr. Suess in their language arts class.  In art class we looked at the artwork of Dr. Suess.  They drew whimsical architecture with wobbly and wavy lines.