Teacher video: Painting with colour

This Art and design video supports teachers in delivering a follow-up lesson on colour, focusing on mixing paints and applying them in response to the work of artist Jasper Johns. Building on the previous lesson using Play-Doh, children now explore how to mix secondary colours using primary-coloured paints and apply them in a bold, expressive way. The lesson centres around recreating Johns’s Zero to Nine artwork, encouraging both creative freedom and technical refinement.

This video is part of Kapow’s Art and design resources, which support the Cambridge Primary Art & Design framework. It helps teachers feel confident leading painting activities that develop colour-mixing skills and introduce impasto techniques. Through observation, experimentation, and guided critique, this unit encourages learners to analyse an artist’s work and respond with their own vibrant interpretations.

Art and design, Stage 1, Unit 2, Lesson 2: Painting with Colour