6TH GRADE: CHARLES DEMUTH

Students are creating a painting based on Lancaster native Charles Demuth's painting Figure Five in Gold. Students used a math equation to come with a number for their painting. They also were given a choice of color schemes to use as well as painting their number in gold or silver.

 To learn more about Charles Demuth visit: http://www.demuth.org/

5TH GRADE: COLOR WHEEL

 Students are beginning the year learning about color and how to mix colors.






Students created a color wheel on their paper before they began painting

 They looked at a color wheel to help them label their paper before they began painting.

 Students learned that taking care of their brushes by cleaning them out well helped to mix the colors that they wanted. All colors on the color wheel were made with just the Primary Colors: red, yellow and blue!!

  

Through this lesson, students learned a lot about color and how to create the secondary colors as well as the intermediate colors, which are colors such as yellow-green, red-violet and blue-green.

4TH GRADE: RADIAL NAME DESIGNS/ROY G BIV

 4th grade students learned about Radial Design and Symmetry as well as ROY G BIV during this lesson. ROY G BIV is the order of the colors of the rainbow. The rainbow helps students understand how light mixes to create all the colors.

 Students began the lesson by creating a triangle with their name in bubble or block letters. Then they folded a square piece of paper into 8 sections. The triangle was placed under the thin white paper and traced to create a radial design.

After the design was drawn the student colored in the letters of their name in the ROY G BIV color order.

The finished design was then framed on a color paper of their choice!

3RD GRADE: TINTS AND PATTERN CIRCLE PAINTINGS

 3rd grade is learning about color and pattern! They learned that a Tint is any color plus white. Also, they were learning more about painting and how to correctly use and clean a paintbrush.

 Students began the project by making a circle design on their paper by tracing various lids. They were encouraged to overlap their circles and let some of them go off the page for a more pleasing composition.

 Next, students chose a tint and carefully painted in the background or negative space. They learned that the negative space is the area around the object or subject in a painting.

After the negative space was dry, students were able to begin mixing their own tints. They learned that you should always start with the lightest color first when mixing paint! They painted their circles or the positive space with the tints that they mixed on disposable palettes. 

 Students finished by adding patterns with crayons!

2ND GRADE: CALDER COLOR MOBILES

 2nd Graders learned about Pennsylvania artist Alexander Calder and his mobiles. Calder invented mobiles and the students learned that he loved to use primary and secondary colors in his hanging metal sculptures.








The students artwork was based on Calders mobiles. They drew 3 loopy lines and colored in the 3 biggest loops with primary color Payons.

The smaller loops were made into secondary colors  by mixing 2 primary colors together. When painted with water, Payons turn into bright watercolors!

To learn more about Alexander Calder visit: http://www.calder.org/

1ST GRADE: WAYNE THEIBAUD COLOR CONES

 1st grade students learned about artist Wayne Theibaud and his paintings of yummy treats such as cakes, pies and ice cream cones!

They made their own cones with a few flavors! As each primary color scoop melted into the one below, it created a secondary color!

 Students learned that mixing 2 primary colors together created a secondary color!

Learn more about Wayne Theibaud at Wayne Thiebaud YouTube Video