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.
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Unit 2: Painting and mixed media: Colour splash
Unit outcomes
Learners who are secure will be able to:
- Name the primary colours.
- Explore materials to mix secondary colours.
- Mix primary colours to make secondary colours.
- Apply paint consistently to their printing materials to achieve a print.
- Use a range of colours when printing.
- Mix five different shades of a secondary colour.
- Decorate their hands using a variety of patterns.
- Mix secondary colours with confidence to paint a plate.
- Describe their finished plates.
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:
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Key vocabulary
blend
design
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Art and design
Vocabulary display — Art and design S1: Painting and mixed media: Colour splash
A display version of the unit vocabulary.