In your classroom the only colours of paint that you absolutely need are: red, blue, yellow, green, white and black. If you have these colours you are able to make pretty much any colour in the rainbow. When starting a lesson on paint it is important to start with what colours are. Having a worksheet that describes the colour wheel and having children recreate it; as well as different blending techniques will help the students gain a better understanding of colour blending before diving off the deep end into their piece with no knowledge.
As a group we created a sunrise that incorporated greens, browns, yellow, oranges, reds, pinks, violets, and blues. Again because we were working as a group and our mixing strategies were all very different we had to make sure our colours flowed nicely.
When teaching this technique it is important to give the students some guidelines for their first piece, but allow for individual creativity after the concept has been introduced.
There are a number of different ways to use paint as well in the elementary school classroom.
Opposite Colours:
Blending with White:
Oil Pastels and washing with black paint:
Blending neighbouring colours Red and Yellow:
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