An excellent curriculum for beginner artists!
Learn about the color wheel and color theory and enjoy hands-on, easy, creative art projects for every lesson.
With art history, famous artist profiles, and wider cross-curricular lessons including the science of light and color, how the eye works, rainbows, maps, photography and film history, how colors get their names and color recipe codes.
A ready-made art curriculum that’s a pleasure to teach
Pick up the packet and you’re ready to teach!
In this curriculum you will learn about the color wheel and color theory including primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors, warm and cool colors, monochome, tints, tones and shades.
You’ll see the principles of color theory in examples of famous art and learn how they are used in the real world.
You’ll have a fun, easy and creative art project to explore each color theory lesson. You’ll learn how to mix colors to create new ones and how to use different colors to create different effects.
Plus you’ll be learning about topics from the wider curriculum including science, math, language arts and world culture.
Everything is planned for you: material lists, step-by step instructions, artist profiles, links to famous art, full color photographs, extension and variation ideas and useful printables to make teaching and learning easy and enjoyable.
Suitable for children aged 5 – 12 and beginner artists of all ages.
All projects can be done using simple art materials such as paint, marker pens and paper. Options for more varied art materials are also included. You can decide which you would like to use to suit your own circumstances.
What’s in the Color Theory Art Lesson Plans curriculum?
:: Lesson One: What is color? Introduction to the color wheel. Meet famous artist Piet Mondrian. What are primary colors? Looking at art through math. Street maps and blocks in city design. Make a Mondrian-inspired artwork. Variation and differentiation adaptation ideas.
:: Lesson Two: What are secondary colors? Meet famous artist Georges Seurat. What is Pointillism art? How does an eye work? What is a rainbow? Make a Seurat-inspired art work. Variation and expansion ideas.
:: Lesson Three: What are warm and cool colors? Colors in world cultures. How our eyes see warm and cool colors. Famous art using warm and cool colors including Vincent Van Gogh, Paul Gaugin, Frederic Church, Alma Woodsey Thomas, Georges Seurat, James McNeill Whistler, Claude Monet, Katsushika Hokusai, Winslow Homer. Make a warm and cool colored artwork.
:: Lesson Four: What are contrasting colors? Meet famous artist Wassily Kandinsky. Make a Kandinsky-inspired artwork.
:: Lesson Five: What are tints, tones and shades? How to mix tints and shades. How do colors get their names? What are color recipe codes? What is monochrome art? Meet famous artist James McNeill Whistler. Monochrome science including daguerrotype and ambrotype pictures, grayscale photographs and movies, and night vision equipment. Animals that see in monochrome. Make a James McNeill Whilstler-inspired artwork. Extension and variation ideas.
:: Lesson Six: Paint your own Color Wheel. Paint your own Color Theory Chart. This can be used as a lesson in the curriculum, as a consolidation activity, as a poster or reference chart, as a record for student’s portfolios, as a homework activity or as a ‘quiz’ to show what they have learned.
:: BONUS: Printables and Posters included in the Color Theory Art Lesson Plans:
- Color / Colour Wheel Poster
- Color / Colour Wheel Outlines
- Rainbow Outline
- Kandinsky Circles Frames
- Disco Ball Outline
- Monochrome Chart
- Color / Colour Groups Chart
:: BONUS: index of famous art to illustrate artists’ use of primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors, contrasting colors, warm colors, cool colors, monochrome and tints, tones and shades.
:: BONUS: watch author and arts educator Cathy James teach lessons on video
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About the author, Cathy James – B.A.(Hons)
I’m passionate about children having the opportunity to learn through hands-on, creative activities. I want kids to delight in what they’re learning and enjoy their childhood.
I’m the author of The Garden Classroom (published by Roost Books), Super Sensory Invitations to Play, and Art Spark. I’ve also worked in preschool, middle school, high school, all-ages homeschool and as a childminder, where my provision was rated as ‘outstanding’ by OFSTED.
With over twenty years experience in education I want to share what I’ve learned with you, so you can feel inspired, confident, and supported to give your children the best start in life. Let’s work together to deliver lessons that are engaging, impactful, and fun!
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