Painting and mixed media: Colour splash

Learning about primary and secondary colours, colour-mixing techniques, and applying these skills in painting and printing. Exploring colour use, culminating in creating a painted plate in the style of an artist.

Lesson 1: Making colours

  • To investigate how to mix secondary colours.

Lesson 2: Painting with colour

  • To apply knowledge of colour mixing when painting.

Lesson 3: Printing with paint

  • To explore colour when printing.

Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing

  • To experiment with paint mixing to make a range of secondary colours.

Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates

  • To apply their painting skills when working in the style of an artist.

Key skills

Experiencing:

  • E.01 Encounter, sense,
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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

  • Colour: Lock

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Key vocabulary

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