Colour

=ART LESSON: COLOUR=
 * Colour **

GRADE LEVEL: Middle and Senior Years

LESSON TOPIC: Introduction to Colour – Colour Wheel

CONNECTION TO LAST LESSON: Colour is the next element of art. Most objects in our world have colour. The use of colour will bring life and excitement to an art composition.

LEARNING OUTCOMES / OBJECTIVES: – Students will develop an appreciation, sensitivity, and awareness of colour in our environment. – Colour is an important element of art. – Introducing colour with creative shapes and forms designs can bring life into an art-work.

VISUAL RESOURCES: – Magazine photo examples of colours in our environment – Previous students’ colour art-work – Posters of colours being used to communicate different themes and moods. – Sample colour graduation chips from paint stores <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– A commercially made colour wheel <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Search Internet sites for artist examples, and colour examples used commercially in toy designs, advertisements and books and handouts on colour and painting techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Variety of shape examples in toys and children’s books <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Figures #9, #10, and #12 are examples of colours in a design. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Figure #11 is an example of the colour wheel with primary, secondary, complementary and analogous colours. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Figure #13 is an example of taking colours from magazine and creating a colour collage.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">–12” x 18” white paper and 18” x 18” vanilla paper (for colour wheels) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– 6” x 18” strips of vanilla paper (for value charts) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Tempera paint (primary colours only: red, yellow and blue) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Paint brushes (three per student) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Newspaper or plastic to cover tables <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Search Internet sites for videos on colour wheels.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACTIVATING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Ask students what their world would be like without colour. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Colour also develops character and moods that bring drama and excitement to any art composition that is created. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– How are colours used in the natural world – what role do they play? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Ask students: “What is your favourite colour and why?” <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Talk about rainbows and why the colours appear.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACQUIRING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Display a commercial example of the colour wheel, with the combinations of colours created by mixing colours. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Discuss the primary colours first, and how they are mixed together to produce the secondary colours (red + blue = purple, red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Describe how analogous colours are closely related colours on the colour wheel, such as the different values of blue. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Brainstorm how complementary colours are opposite colours on the colour wheel (red + green, blue + orange, yellow + purple). Discuss why people who are considered “colour-blind” have difficulty distinguishing between complementary colours. People who are red-green colour blind can distinguish between red and green traffic lights, because the green lights are really made of peacock blue glass, which the “normal” eye sees as green. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Brainstorm how colours are used and why they are selected for that particular reason. For example, hospitals use green in the operating room as a complementary colour for red (blood), in order to lessen eye fatigue in surgical staff. Discuss as an illustration, try turning the lights off in the classroom, and then ask the students how turning the lights on abruptly strains their eyes. If surgical staff wore white, the contrast between white and red (blood) would have a similar effect. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Demonstrate to students the fun of mixing paint colours, and while painting makes them aware of the line of the brush strokes and the values when mixing paint. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show how Figure #11 is a student example of a colour wheel. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show how Figures #9, #10, and #12 are student examples of colours in a design. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show how Figure #13 is a collage example of the close relationships among analogous colours. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">APPLYING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Have students mix the three primary colours in separate containers (red, yellow, and blue). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Give each student a container of water, at least three brushes, and a square sheet of vanilla paper (about 18” x 18”). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Tell the students to visually divide the paper into three equal pie sections. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– They will make a small pie shape of each primary colour, in the middle of the larger pie sections. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Then they will start to mix the colours on the paper, being careful not to contaminate the primary colour in their paint containers. Tell them to work from the center of the page out, mixing the primary colours to create the secondary colours in their analogous family. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Their final products should look like the colour wheel in Figure #11.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">REFLECTING / RE-FOCUSING: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students will self-reflect on their colour wheels and the colour wheels of the other students, exchanging experiences and knowledge learned. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students should be eager to apply colour to their other designs from the previous lesson on shape. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Tell them to try expressing mood themes with colour. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Create value charts with analogous colours, mixing the two primary colours but never having either colour in the value chart.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ASSESSMENT / ANALYSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students will show evidence that they have followed the instructions for their colour wheels: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the primary colours have been used to create a variety of colours <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the colours give a sense of unity <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the page is filled with the colour wheel colours <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the colour wheel should be aesthetically interesting and pleasing <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the radial composition should be proportionate <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The other student art-work that has been enhanced with colour should include a variety of colours, contrasting dark and light colours in the geometric and organic shapes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students should show an awareness of the primary colours, (red, yellow, and blue), and also understand how mixing the primary colours together produces the secondary colours (orange, purple, and green). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students should demonstrate evidence that they have gained knowledge of colour mixing and application skills.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Figure 11 Colour Wheel <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Figure 12 Colour and Shapes

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Figure 13 Analogous Colour Collage = = =ART LESSON: PASTE PAPER=

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">GRADE LEVEL: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Middle and Senior Years

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">LESSON TOPIC: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Colour Assignment – Paste Paper

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">CONNECTION TO LAST LESSON: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Making paste paper involves using colour combinations and mixing paint with primary colours.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">LEARNING OUTCOMES / OBJECTIVES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">–Students will develop an appreciation, sensitivity, and awareness of colour and colour combinations used in our environment. Colour is an important element of art. Without it, our world would be black and white. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">–Through creative mixing and application techniques, students will create simple and colourful forms of art and designs. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The paste paper that the students produce is very functional because it may be used for many purposes.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">VISUAL RESOURCES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Examples of paste paper designs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Previous students’ paste paper examples <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Search Internet sites for artist examples of paste paper and videos on colour mixing and handouts on colour mixing techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Figures # 14, #15, and #16 are student examples of paste paper.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– 12” x 18” construction paper in a variety of colours <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Recycled plastic containers for the paint-and-paste mixtures <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Acrylic paint – primary colours: red, blue, yellow <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Acrylic paint – other colours optional for special effects (e.g., black and white) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Variety of application tools: brushes, forks, spoons, combs, sticks, steel wool, sand paper, sponges, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Plastic covers for the tables. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Paper towels for cleaning up <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACTIVATING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Mix separate samples of red, blue, and yellow acrylic paint with wall-paper paste (approximately 50/50 mixture). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Demonstrate different colour combinations, and how to mix and blend colours on coloured construction paper. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Have students brainstorm how various tools can be used to mix and apply the paint, such as old combs, hair brushes, kitchen tools, and sticks. Ask students, “What patterns would these tools create?” <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Discuss how different colours may be used for particular reasons. Ask students: “What is your favourite colour combination and why?”

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ACQUIRING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show students paste paper examples: Figures: #14, #15, and #16. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Explain how to mix primary colours to get the secondary colours. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Analogous colours are closely related colours on the colour wheel, such as the different values of blue. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Demonstrate how complementary colours are opposite colours on the colour wheel. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Discuss how analogous and complementary colours are used to create special effects. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Show students the fun of mixing colours, and while painting make them aware of the line of the brush, combs, forks, and any scraping tool strokes. Show them the values that are created by manipulating different paint colours.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">APPLYING STRATEGIES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Cover the tables with plastic to simplify the clean-up process and to reduce the fear that may inhibit students from just having fun with this idea. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Make more 50/50 primary colour mixtures of acrylic paint and wallpaper paste. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Let students choose from a variety of construction paper colours, to complement their intended colour schemes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students may use paint brushes, old combs, forks, spoons, and kitchen utensils, cardboard – anything with some sort of texture is possible for manipulating the paint on the construction paper. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Paste paper designs may be worked until students are happy with the colours, patterns and designs. If other colours of paint are available, students can use them to create special effects. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Set the paste paper aside and let it dry overnight.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">REFLECTING / RE-FOCUSING: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Collage: cut pieces of paste paper into shapes and design a collage pattern <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Book covers: glue paste paper to matt boards for mini-book covers <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Envelopes and cards: fold the paste paper into unique envelopes and cards for personal greetings <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Paper bags: fold the paste paper into paper bags for unique gift wrapping <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ASSESSMENT / ANALYSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students will show evidence that they have followed the instructions given for their paste paper assignment: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – there are creative colour combinations <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – there are creative ideas in a design or pattern <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the entire page is filled with colour (the page needs to be filled not only for aesthetic appeal, but <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> because the wallpaper paste gives the paper its strength) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> – the lines used give the composition a sense of pattern <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– The most interesting designs will have contrasting geometric and organic shapes. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students should show an awareness of the primary colours (red, yellow, and blue), also demonstrate an understanding of mixing the primary colours together to produce the secondary colours (orange, purple, and green). <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Students should demonstrate that they have gained knowledge of colour mixing and application skills, using a variety of methods to mix colours. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– Student should show evidence that they have gained an understanding of how to control the process of colour combinations and achieving the patterns that they desired. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Figure 14 Paste Paper <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Figure 15 Paste Paper <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Figure 16