I love how K's will intuitively paint a line of blue across the top of the paper for the sky because the sky is above them! (They usually need to be taught to make the sky touch the ground. I save that lesson for later!) ~ Flowers by Gabriel I like to start off our first color mixing lesson in Kindergarten by reading the story, "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Then, … [Read more...]
Create Your Own Color Wheel
Nothing teaches you as much about color mixing as creating your own color wheel! Here's some helpful vocabulary and directions for creating a color wheel of your own: Primary colors - red, yellow and blue (colors that cannot be created by mixing other colors) Secondary colors - orange, green and violet (colors that are created by mixing two primary colors … [Read more...]
Monet’s Ice Cream Sundae Party
1st Grade Ice Cream Sundae...don't you just love kids' art??!This is a FUN lesson in color mixing and mixing tints (a tint is any color plus white). I got this out of an old School Arts Magazine years ago and just simplified it a little. It's a great opportunity to talk to kids about Impressionist painter, Claude Monet, and the scrumptious colors he used! I usually do this … [Read more...]
Echo Line Flowers
3rd Grade Flower Drawings This is a fun lesson for teaching about warm and cool colors, patterns, and artists who painted flowers, like Georgia O'Keeffe and Vincent Van Gogh. You'll Need: 9" x 12" white sulfite construction paper pencil Magic Rub Eraser Markers in a variety of colors, plus black (or use a black Sharpie) (affiliate links) Directions: … [Read more...]