Color mixing art lesson

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this lesson! It's colorful, fun, and full of cheer! :) To begin, start by reviewing color mixing with your students. If you're teaching upper elementary they probably already know that a primary color + a primary color = a secondary color.. but do they know that a primary color + a secondary color = a tertiary (or intermediate) color? This lesson is GREAT for teaching about those tertiary colors! After reviewing, give students a sheet of heavy drawing paper and have them…

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Katy on Instagram: “🌈PAPER TOWEL COLOR MIXING🌈 . . Have you ever read “Mixed- A Colorful Story” ? It’s an AMAZING picture book about celebrating differences,…”

Michelle’s Innovative Ideas on Instagram: "Colour Mixing Art 🤩Sunset over the mountains. 👉Swipe to see the lesson progression. Remember to like this post and save it for an art lesson this year. ❤️ My 2nd class did an amazing job with these! They really enjoyed creating them. This art took two lessons 😁 ✏️ Day 1: ☀️Step 1: Teacher modelling. I modelled how to draw the artwork. I started with a circle for the sun, added a wavy line for grass and then drew some triangles for mountains. I…

I am linking up with Fourth Grade Frolics for Monday Made It. This year I am going with a bird theme in my room. It just kind of happened. I already had a great picture I bought last year at my school's art auction. Then I happened upon these, and that's all she wrote! I have a small space above some of my cabinets in my room. Over the years I have tried to put decorative items on the soffit, but to no avail. It was just too small of a distance from cabinet to ceiling and nothing looked…

Art activity lesson to practice color mixing and the color wheel in Kindergarten.

Did you know colors and color mixing are a science? Try this color mixing art project and learn a little science in the process!

During every kindergarten class today we heard repeated choruses of "Ooooo" and "Ahhhh" as students dropped primary colored liquid watercolors on wet board and watched it move together creating new colors. We started the lesson with a quick talk about primary colors and a really short video ( a minute and a half) from Sesame Street on Primary Colors. My inspiration for this lesson was a first grade project I saw on Pinterest here that focused on Mondrian. I changed the focus but went for a…