Possible Concepts
Colour Wheel:
The booklet could contain a colour wheel section where students will fill in primary colours, secondary colours, complimentary colours, and warm and cool colours. Small squares could be sectioned off for creating the secondary colours and brown. Students could use complimentary colours to create a dramatic painting and experiment with TINTS (progressively add white) and SHADES (progressively add black) of colour. Instruct students to create a piece in their groups where they demonstrate the blending of all the colours from their colour wheel.
Paint Experiments:
Students can be given separate papers, or sections, to experiment with different painting tools and techniques. Students can practice painting/drawing with oil pastels, sponges, paper towel, forks and spoons, and warm and cool colours.
Landscapes:
Use colour to illustrate the illusion of distance within a natural landscape. Warm colours should be used in the foreground and cool colours in the distance, because warm colours tend to come forward in a painting and cool colours tend to recede.
Materials:
Paper, paper, paper, tempra paints (red, yellow, blue, black, white), paintbrushes, mixing trays and paint holding trays, pre-made booklets, examples of colour wheels and art portraying colour wheel concepts.
Process:
1) Introduction to painting and colour wheels and blending
2) Students create their large colour wheel image
3) Students are given time to complete their booklets and experiment with each page and concept
4) All artwork is hung or set aside to dry
