I love teaching color theory. This year, I tested a new color activity on fourth grade, and was extremely excited with the outcome. Not only are their artworks lovely, but the problem solving and learning that occurred as a result of this unit was incredible. Take a look!
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| We started with a color mixing activity. Using only primary colors (red, yellow and blue) and white, students made as many different colors as possible. |
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| We made notes about our colors so that we would remember how we created them later. |
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| We then critiqued this artwork by french artist, Henri Matisse. Since Matisse loved color so much, he was the perfect inspiration for our color unit! |
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| We each drew our own version of Matisse's Goldfish painting. |
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| Next, we used tempera paint to color the background. Notice the paint palette? Only primary colors! Students had to mix every color they needed. |
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| This is great practice for a young artist. |
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| After the background was filled with fabulous color, we painted a watercolor fish bowl. |
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| The goldfish were created with oil pastel. The pastel resists the watercolor paint. It's like magic! |
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| When the paint dried, we cut the bowl out and glued it to the background. We also got the oil pastels back out to add a few finishing details. |
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| Finished product. |
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| Finished product. |
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| Finished product. |
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