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kinder color wheel still life

Color wheel project - mixing colors for kids

The following is a Kindergarten art lesson on using crayons or oil pastels to create still life illustration using warm + cool colors, primary + secondary colors with lines.

Scroll down to find:
  1. examples of warm + cool colors also primary + secondary colors
  2. step-by-step instructions with pictures of the project
  3. a lesson plan (including California State Visual Art Standards)
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cool + warm  colors

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Warm colors are;
  • colors that are of warm/hot things
  • think of the sun, fire
  • all values/shades of yellows, oranges, reds
  • warm colors can be mixed with other warm colors
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Cool colors are;
  • colors that are of cool/cold things
  • think of rolling on the cool grass
  • ocean waters
  • all values/shades blue, green, violet (purple)
  • cool colors can be mixed with other cool colors

primary  colors


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Primary colors can not be made.  You have to start with them or purchase them.  They are used to mix + make other colors.They are RED, BLUE, + YELLOW.  they always form a triangle on the color wheel, that is ANY color wheel. 
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Piet Mondrian used basis lines + basic Primary colors in his artwork.

secondary colors

When 2 primary colors are mixed together, a secondary color is created, just like magic!  Red + Yellow = Orange, Blue + Yellow = Green, Red + Blue + Violet.  Orange, Green, + Violet are the Secondary colors.  On a Color Wheel, like seen above, the secondary closure surrounded by the primary colors.  Placement on the color wheel can help you to understand how secondary colors are made.  Look who is next to secondary color on both sides. The 2 colors that make it are!
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step-by-step instructions

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1. draw SLIGHT curve near left side bottom
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2. draw 2 vertical parallel lines up from sides - draw 2 diagonal lines as shown
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3. 2 vertical lines up as shown

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4- draw a slight curve, a bit higher up for the 2nd bottle or vessel - higher up makes it look like the vessel is further back
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5- imagine where the sides of the bottle would be + start to curve inward the shape using curved lines as shown
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6- thin oval represents opening of vessel

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4- draw the table line - shown on left + right
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draw a line from top-left corner to bottom-right corner
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draw line from other 2 corners

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7- draw 2 horizontal lines
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8 - draw 3 vertical lines from top of page to bottom
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9- with a warm color, fill-in 1 shape inside a bottle

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10- fill in another shape with the warm color
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11- repeat with a 2nd warm color
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12- continue to fill in shapes inside the vessel 1 by 1

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13- the entire shapes of the vessels are filled in with color
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14- start coloring the background using mostly cool colors 1 area by 1
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15- continue filling in background

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16-completed student work
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17-completed student work
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18- completed student work 

objective

Students will learn how to illustrate, step-by-step, a simple bottle still life, while learning what a still life is. Students will also learn of primary + secondary colors, also cool + warm colors colors.

materials

  • drawing paper  9"x12" is standard size
  • pencil
  • eraser
  • crayons or oil pastels

vocabulary

  • background - The part of a picture plane that seems to be farthest from the viewer.
  • color - The visual sensation dependent on the reflection or absorption of light from a given surface.  The three characteristics of color are hue, value, and intensity.
  • contour drawing - The drawing of an object as though the drawing tool is moving along all the edges and ridges of the form.
  • composition - The organization of elements in a work of art.
  • ​cool colors -  Colors suggesting coolness: blue, green, + purple.
  • ​harmony - The principle of design that combines elements in a work of art to emphasize the similarities of separate but related parts.
  • line - A point moving in space.  Line can vary in width, length, curvature, color, or direction.
  • primary Colors - 
  • secondary Colors - 
  • shape - A two-dimensional are or plane that may be open or closed, free-form or geometric.  It can be found in nature or is made by humans. 
  • space - An area in which objects or images can exist. 
  • texture - The surface quality of materials either actual (tactile) or implied (visual). It is one of the elements of art.
  • unity - Compositional similarity, oneness, togetherness, or cohesion.  Total visual effect in a composition achieved by the careful blending of elements of art and principles of design.
  • value - The lightness or darkness of a hue or neutral color.  A value scale shows the range of values from black to white.
  • variety -​ A  principle of art concerned with combining one or more elements of art in different ways to create interest.
  • warm colors - Colors suggesting warmth: red, yellow, and orange.

activity

-  introduce, explain, + show color wheel, cools. warm colors, primary, + secondary colors
​- a still life of 3 bottles can be set-up or use the example
- follow step-by-step drawing + coloring instructions

clean-up

  • minimal time for clean-up
  • only put away coloring mediums + art project

variation

  • use another medium such as paint, watercolor, oil pastel
  • -use an alternate size paper
  • make amore complex illustration 
  • -draw curvy or wavy lines to separate colors
  • switch cool/warm on background/foregroud

California state visual arts standards

1.0 ARTISTIC PERCEPTION
Analyze Art Elements and Principles of Design
1.3 Identify the elements of art (line, color, shape/form, texture, value, space) in the environment and in works of art, emphasizing line, color, and shape/form.
2.0 CREATIVE EXPRESSION
Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools
2.1 Use lines, shapes/forms, and colors to make patterns.
2.2 Demonstrate beginning skills in the use of tools and processes, such as the use of scissors, glue, and paper in a three-dimensional construction.
4.0 AESTHETIC VALUING
Make Informal Judgements
​4.4 Give reasons why they like a particular work of art they made, using appropriate art vocabulary.

national core arts standards

ANCHOR STANDARD 2:  Organize and develop artistic ideas handiwork
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING; People can create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S); How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities?  How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works art or design that effectively communicate?
VA:Cr2.3.Ka  Create art that represents natural and constructed environments.

ANCHOR STANDARD 3:  Refine and complete artistic work.
ENDURING UNDERSTANDING: Artists and designers develop excellence thru practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, or revising, and refining work over time.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S); What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work?  How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms?  How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely?
Kindergarten VA:Cr3.1.Ka  ​Explain the process of making art while creating?
  • art lessons + projects for kids
  • Who's Website Is This Anyway?
  • Principles of Design
  • Elements of Art
  • kindergarten art lessons
    • Kinder Color Wheel Still Life
    • Mondrian for Kids
    • sea life collage
    • four seasons project
    • draw paul klee cats
    • how to draw chicken + chicks
    • draw a cow
    • Repetition for kids
  • 1st grade art
    • How to Draw Flowers
    • How to draw still life fruit bowl
    • Kids mixed Media Art work
    • How to draw a Ladybug
    • how to draw a dog
    • warm colors art project
    • cool colors - geometric shapes
    • neighborhood art lesson
    • self portrait
  • videos
  • 2nd grade art lessons
    • Abstract Lesson Oil Pastel
    • grey scale painting
    • monochromatic art for children
    • van gogh's irises art lesson for children
    • Georgia O'keeffe skull lesson
    • Miro art project
    • draw a still life oil pastel
  • 3rd grade art class
    • Pop Art Roy Lichtenstein
    • How to draw a tree - charcoal
    • soap carve for kids
    • native american ledger art lesson
    • rock art lesson
    • 3rd F.RInggold
    • pueblo art lesson
  • 4th grade art lessons
    • Contour Drawings of bottles
    • how to use oil pastels
    • positive - negative space lesson
    • draw an insect
    • how to print for kids
    • fall corn art project
    • Wayne Theibaud art project
  • 5th grade art lessons
    • 5th How To Draw Landscape
    • 6 pillars of character
    • Liberty Bell art lesson
    • El Dia De Los Muertos Kids Project
    • digestive system lesson
    • Ben Franklin lesson
    • Charles Burchfield tree art
  • Clay
    • clay dinasour 1st gr
  • art room stories
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