Colours How many colours can you see How

Colours

How many colours can you see? How are colours mixed? The primary colours are red, blue and yellow. The secondary colours are purple, green and orange.

How many shapes are in the box? Which have straight lines? Are there any right angles? Shades of blue and orange

Have a go with the next image

Take a pencil for a walk • Create spaces to fill with colour/shades • Try and take the lines to the edge of the paper

Colouring in • Choose a main colour (e. g. blue) add white to create a range of tones that could be used to fill in the areas in the painting Advanced idea • Choose two areas of interest (you may have to draw other lines in to create a ‘busy patch’) • Make one area a hot colour (reds, oranges, yellows) and the other a cool colour (greens, blues, greys). Use white paint to create different tones. • The example on the next slide shows the two areas.

Cool area of interest Warm area of interest

Naming the colours • Look at each colour and think of a name for it. • Try and think of a theme that would fit e. g. blues: Deep Sea; Seaweed Blue; Shimmering Turquoise etc • Write a description of each colour name

Name and describe your colours Safari Sunset A blaze of oranges to brighten the scene Shimmering Blue A stunning, vibrant blue with elements of azure Pink Elephant A parade of pink, a trunkful of tones

Graffiti • Look at the following image • See how it is drawn and painted • Use it to create your own graffiti picture • Tell the story of the image • Make up the story of your own piece of graffiti artwork

Colour poems • Read the following poem What is Pink by Christina Rossetti. • Discuss the images that are created in your mind. • Discuss favourite colours, and why. • What do we associate with different colours? • Look up the names of different colours. How did they get their names? • How are some colours made from others? (secondary and primary colours) Experiment with paint to find out. • Investigate the colour wheel. Paint your own.

What is pink? A rose is pink By the fountain’s brink. What is red? A poppy’s red In its barley bed. What is blue? The sky is blue Where the clouds float through. What is white? A swan is white Sailing in the light. What is yellow? Pears are yellow, Rich and ripe and mellow. What is green? The grass is green, With small flowers between. What is violet? Clouds are violet In the summer twilight. What is orange? Why, an orange, Just an orange!

Write your own • Choose a colour (or colours) • Make a list of things that are associated with each one (word web/ list) • Try and create a poem following the basic pattern of Rosetti’s poem

What is… What is blue? A whale is blue (though not always) The colour of the ocean on a bright summer’s day, Diving to the deepest depths of the oceans. What is black? Penguins are black (and white) As they shoot across the frozen wastes, Stomachs sliding, gliding this way and that. Teasing seals and stealing fish from under their noses

Colour maths How many triangles can you fit into another shape? How many triangles can you make with 5 sticks? Is it possible to make one large triangle?

Drop the sticks! What shapes have you now? How many triangles are there? What is the greatest number of triangles you could make? Drop the squares! In which order were these squares dropped? Make some of your own. What can you make with 3 shapes? 4 shapes?

Other ideas • Geometric art: Mondrian, Hockney, Matisse • Tangrams and jig-saws • String art and printing • Cat’s cradle string game

Look at an image • Cut out blocks of colour from coloured paper • Arrange them in an overlapping pattern • Use a 2 D shape as a template and draw carefully onto the shapes • Cut each one out to interlink (like the picture on the right) • Separate each one and glue down to make a picture

Look at an image • What words describe the image? • What kind of person would have wallpaper like this? • Write the story of when someone returns to their home to find every room had been decorated in this wallpaper.