So I've started teaching my middle and high school students about color and paint. Their first task was to paint in a color wheel with tints and shades. They have a full range of colors in their art packets but I only allowed them to use red, yellow, blue, black, and white for their color wheels.
Once they figured out how to mix the paint, I wanted them to create an artwork utilizing warm and cool color palettes. I looked around online for ideas and I loved this one posted by
Arte a Scuola (thank you!!). I had them choose 5 items from a bunch of containers I set up in the classroom and they could arrange them any way they wanted to on the page.
The next step was to break up the page with lines going through the objects. Each shape would need to be next to a different color than itself. They could choose warm colors for the background and cool colors for the objects, or vice versa. After they finished painting they went over their lines with black sharpie.
Even with such specific rules I still think there is beautiful diversity in the results:
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| High School student Marcus - this one is exceptional!! |
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| High School student Katie |
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| High School student Ashley |
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| High School student Lilly |
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| High School student Junseok |
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| High School student Beam |
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| Middle School student Brianna |
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| Middle School student Peter |
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| Middle School student Adriana |
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| Middle School student Nam |
I love these works! Your students are really talented! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. I couldn't have done it without your blog!
Deletehow long did this take?
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