ART: Color Wheel
Lesson Plan By: Denilya Barrett, some borrowing from Ginny Dixon
Title: "Mixing Colors: Making a color Wheel"
Grades: K-5
MATERIALS:
12 x 18 white drawing paper
pencils
paintbrushes
red, yellow, and blue tempera paint
water
newspapers
OBJECTIVES: Students will...
name primary colors.
learn secondary colors.
mix primary colors to make secondary colors.
PROCEDURE:
"Today we are going to mix colors. Primary means first. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. They are the first colors because you cannot mix any colors to get these they just are. You cannot mix any colors together to get red it just is. You cannot mix any colors together to get yellow it just is. The same is true of blue. You can mix any two of the primary colors and get another color. These colors are called secondary colors. The secondary colors are orange, green and violet or purple. When the primary colors yellow and red are mixed, you get the secondary color, orange. When the primary colors yellow and blue are mixed, you get the secondary color, green. When the primary colors blue and red are mixed, you get the secondary color, purple or violet." (Ginny Dixon)
We are going to mix these colors on the paper like this. (Show example.) Draw a circle like this and divide it, like a pizza, into 6 different parts. First, paint the top section with yellow. Do not use water. Dip the brush in the yellow as often as you need to cover this area. When the first person finishes, I will stop everyone and give the next instruction. I will hit the gong, and I expect you to lay down your brush on the newspaper and sit to listen to the instruction. Paint the square and rectangle half yellow. Skip a pizza slice then paint the next area blue. Skip a pizza slice and paint the next area red. Pour about the same amounts of yellow and blue together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the yellow and blue slices. Pour about the same amounts of red and blue together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the red and blue slices. Pour about the same amounts of red and yellow together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the red and yellow slices. Draw six circles around your color wheel. Experiment with mixing different amounts of the colors together or all three. What happens if you add white or black?
Title: "Mixing Colors: Making a color Wheel"
Grades: K-5
MATERIALS:
12 x 18 white drawing paper
pencils
paintbrushes
red, yellow, and blue tempera paint
water
newspapers
OBJECTIVES: Students will...
name primary colors.
learn secondary colors.
mix primary colors to make secondary colors.
PROCEDURE:
"Today we are going to mix colors. Primary means first. The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. They are the first colors because you cannot mix any colors to get these they just are. You cannot mix any colors together to get red it just is. You cannot mix any colors together to get yellow it just is. The same is true of blue. You can mix any two of the primary colors and get another color. These colors are called secondary colors. The secondary colors are orange, green and violet or purple. When the primary colors yellow and red are mixed, you get the secondary color, orange. When the primary colors yellow and blue are mixed, you get the secondary color, green. When the primary colors blue and red are mixed, you get the secondary color, purple or violet." (Ginny Dixon)
We are going to mix these colors on the paper like this. (Show example.) Draw a circle like this and divide it, like a pizza, into 6 different parts. First, paint the top section with yellow. Do not use water. Dip the brush in the yellow as often as you need to cover this area. When the first person finishes, I will stop everyone and give the next instruction. I will hit the gong, and I expect you to lay down your brush on the newspaper and sit to listen to the instruction. Paint the square and rectangle half yellow. Skip a pizza slice then paint the next area blue. Skip a pizza slice and paint the next area red. Pour about the same amounts of yellow and blue together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the yellow and blue slices. Pour about the same amounts of red and blue together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the red and blue slices. Pour about the same amounts of red and yellow together and mix. Paint the color you get in the pizza slice between the red and yellow slices. Draw six circles around your color wheel. Experiment with mixing different amounts of the colors together or all three. What happens if you add white or black?