ART CLASS THE COLOUR Bilingual Section IES LLANERA
COLOUR WHEEL
Learning and using the colour wheel is one of the foundations of making art.
Worksheet:
The Colour Wheel
Time:
2 sessions
Materials:
Tempera Paint, brushes, plate, glass
Procedure:
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Copy
this figure on an A4 card and
paint
in theappropriate colours.You should only use the 3 primary colours:
magenta,yellow and cyan blue
.Use these to
mix
the other colours on the wheel.
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Discuss the placement of the three primary colors (red, yellow, andblue) on the wheel. The primary colors are connected by the solid linesthat form a triangle. There are three circles in between each primarycolour.
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Discuss and demonstrate mixing the secondary colors (orange, green,and violet).1.
Use mixing trays to make new colors.2.
Do not pour paint from cups into trays, but scoop it out from thecup using your paint brush.3.
Make sure that you clean your paint brush before getting the nextcolour.4.
Attempt to mix equal amounts of each colour.5.
Mix together two primary colors and then paint that colour in thecircle that is halfway between the two primary colors that wereused to create it.6.
Continue until all of the secondary colors are in place.
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After finishing the secondary colors the students will move on to theintermediate colors.
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Follow the same procedures as for the secondary colors, except thistime you will be adding one primary colour to one secondary color.
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Paint the intermediate colour in between the primary and secondarycolors that were used to create it.
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Continue until the entire colour wheel is complete.
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