Day 6

Day 6: Painting, Part I

Goal: Students will understand the basics of color theory and use knowledge of color families/schemes to make choices on the three background colors for their triptych paintings.

Estimated time: 45 minutes

Review Color Wheel poster to go over basic color theory.
Point out: PRIMARY colors: red, yellow, blue- SECONDARY colors: orange, green, violet, -Color SCHEMES (families of colors that look good when used together in a painting): Ask students which colors are warm? Which colors are cool?
Show students the Analogous color poster. ANALOGOUS colors are next to each other on the color wheel- they are neighbors!
Ask students to name pairs of color ‘neighbors’. (RED/ORANGE, RED/VIOLET, VIOLET/BLUE, BLUE/GREEN, GREEN/YELLOW, YELLOW/ORANGE)
Tell students that they will be choosing a three-color analogous color scheme for their triptych, made up of any two primary colors, along with the secondary color they create when they are mixed. WHY? Using a limited palette is REPETITION (the use of color, line, or shape in more than one place in a composition) that will make the picture and story come together.
Have students try to figure them out and name them (RED/YELLOW/ORANGE, BLUE/YELLOW/GREEN, RED/BLUE/VIOLET)
Using large flat brushes, students will choose three colors to paint the backgrounds for their triptych. See example below. Helpful hint: Tape the paper or canvas down to a piece of cardboard prior to class to create a nice border. Encourage students to fill the whole canvas, all the way to the tape.

Clean-up—emphasize proper cleaning and storage of brushes (hair up) so that they don’t get ruined. Acrylic paint is plastic based, meaning it is not water-soluble after drying. Students should take care to keep paint off clothing, carpet, and to clean brushes well.

Vocabulary

Color Wheel

Primary Colors

Secondary Colors

Analogous Colors

Repetition

Materials

See Materials section, Days 6-8

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