Color theory art lessons elementary

My 2 year sabbatical is coming to end. For the upcoming year I'll be offering limited private sessions only. The fall session is full and I...

Create fun & easy bird artworks with kids! Find out how to teach a little color vocabulary with this simple bird painting idea.

In this easy color theory lesson children can learn about the color wheel, mix their own colors, and go on a color hunt through examples of famous art. Easy color theory art lesson for children using famous art In this workshop we’re going to paint our own colour wheel. You’ll learn how to mix colours, […]

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These projects began as a balanced, asymmetrical design using nonrepresentational geometric and organic shapes. Once the students from Port Huron Northern High School created their original design, they transferred it to a larger piece of paper four times to create a symmetrical design. From there the students painted each square using complementary, split complementary, analagous, and monochromatic color schemes. This project allowed the students to see how colors react with each other and…

In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of Grade 6th we created these trees to recognize and use this ki…

This week we are introducing the color wheel to the primary grades. I found this uncomplicated color wheel on Art Projects for Kids --if yo...

Fun hands-on art lesson for early elementary children on tints and shades in 45 minutes for Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd grade-level children - Book suggestions - Use with your class, homeschool, after-school program, or co-op!

International Dot Day Lesson Plan - International Dot Day, a celebration of creativity, courage and collaboration. THE DOT, by Peter Reynolds, 2003 This lesson plan celebrates International Dot Day with a student art exhibition based on the color study Farbstudie Quadrate, by the French Expressionist, Wassily Kandinsky, well known for his color theory. Students are introduced to the experimentation with color mixing, and create a piece of art to be part of a large, collaborative exhibit…

Color is a language even the smallest people understand. This free printable color wheel is a great place to introduce basic color theory and vocabulary!