Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

Description: 
Create a Color Splat book, an abstract painting and a snowy scene. Learn color mixing, wet-on-wet, dry brush and painting with salt.  Students will make a color wheel to keep and use as they learn more about color.  Ideal for ages 4^th-6^th grades.

Teacher’s packet will include a master copy of the color wheel and color splat template.  Schools will need to supply watercolor paper, masking tape and watercolor paints (Prang or Crayola non-washable if possible)

First Session:

• Introduction and color mixing demo
• Demonstrate the color wheel
• Demonstrate the Color Splat Book and creation of colors using blending and mixing
• Demonstrate a snow landscape with wet-on-wet, dry brush, salt technique, wash technique.
• Demonstrate a Matisse painting with the above techniques.                                                  

Second Session:

• Color mixing demonstration with tempera paint.
• Looking at famous artwork.
• Share time: each school shows 1 example each of the projects they worked on in class.
• Closing    

Visual Art Content  Standards:

1. Students will understand and use arts as a means for creative self expression and interpersonal communication.
2. Students will understand the media techniques and processes used in the production of visual arts. 
3. Students will understand the relationship between the visual arts and history, culture and society.

 (NOTE: Each site must audio mute upon connecting to the session to prevent voice activated moving of the cameras from site to site.)

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