Week Four Lesson
May 4th-8th, 2020
The Emotions of Color
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Did you know that colors can express emotions? This week we will explore how color in artwork can show emotions and make us feel a certain way. Focusing on our emotions and expressing our feelings in our artwork this week can also help us better understand and manage our own feelings.
Colors and their Emotions
Watch this video as I explain how different colors can express different emotions, and how artists use this in their artwork.
Read Aloud of "The Color Monster"
Enjoy this story and learn how colors can represent different feelings and emotions.
Printable Materials
Here are some optional pintable materials that can accompany some of the activities in the video below!
There are a lot more than the five colors and the five emotions featured in "The Color Monster." Here is a list of other emotions and the colors that can represent them.
The printable handout for Option 3. The video below also includes how to draw a jar on your own if you can't print it out.
Express your Emotions through your Art
In this video I will demostrate a few ways to create artwork to express the different emotions you have been feeling lately. Feel free to try one, two, or all of the activities.
Watch the intro and then feel free to go to the option of your choice or watch them all!
Option 1: Block, Picture Lettering begins at 0:36 minutes
Option 2: Color Hunt Jar begins at 6:57 minutes
Option 3: Draw and Color the Color Monster Jar begins at 9:04 minutes
More Fun with the Color Monster
Color the Color Monster
Print this off or draw your own monster, and color it based on how you are feeling today. Feeling something different than the emotions explained in the book? Come up with your own color to express the emotion you feel!
Color Monster Thermometer
Print off the color version, color your own, or completely draw your own version of the Color Monster Thermometer. Then use it to help understand and describe how you are feeling and why!
