Elementary Art with Miriam Cutelis

2/19/16

Kindergartners learning primary colors

I am so very proud of these paintings. Each one of the paintings you see here took about four 35 minute classes.

For the First class: on a blank paper have kids explore painting with red and yellow and naturally learn how to make orange

For the Second Class: on the same paper as last class have kids explore yellow and blue

For the Third Class: on the same paper as last class have kids explore mixing blue and red (may need to add some white to the blue so that a true purple (as kids know it) is a result.

For the Fourth Class: On the same paper have kids use all three colors and white

Second graders enjoying the fourth grade sculptures

2/4/16

Romare Bearden-Inspired collages

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1/6/16

4th grade gain experience mixing colors

Every painting lesson I teach begins with this sort of color exploration. Because these children are 4th graders I will not only teach secondary colors, but also make them aware of how they can manipulate the mount of paint they add to the mix to create a variation of the secondaries. I explain that experts in any media are not born, but that only in time spent working with the media does one become more adept at manipulating the desired affects.

Below are what I call 'mixing papers'. Since I try to use the same palettes many times over, it's imperative that they NOT mix their colors on the 6-color palettes I give them. They combine their colors either on their own work or on these small mixing papers to see what new colors are created. Through time and practice children learn to, in advance, know how to make the colors they need just from switching around the color recipes.