Color Theory
Color Theory
Overview
Students will explore and learn how to break down colors to create new ones. Students will be assessed after the lesson to be clear the students fully understand the color wheel. Students will create a new design to establish full knowledge about the color wheel.
Color Wheel Project
Grade: 8th
Objectives: Students will understand, explain, and complete a creative design that incorporates the color wheel as the object of interest. Students will complete an assessment that requires knowledge of the color wheel, including primary, secondary and tertiary colors, warm and cool colors.
Introduction: Students will be asked to break down secondary and tertiary colors into their primary colors in a group. This will help pull from the students prior knowledge of the color wheel. Students will begin using acrylic paint to create all colors and experimenting with the colors to see how many can be created with the primary colors.
Assignment: The students will begin brainstorming several ideas on creating a color wheel creatively placed inside a design. The color wheel needs to be the object of interest. After the teacher approves of the design created, students can begin working on this assignment. This assignment will be painted on 16x20 bristol paper. All students will have 2 weeks to fully complete the assignment.
Feedback: All students will present their work of art and explain how they chose their design. They will explain how they think this design works for a color wheel. This will be an opportunity for everyone to join in for constructive criticism.
Assessment: Students will be given a paper assignment to complete in the beginning after the lesson is presented. This will help the teacher know if the students are fully understanding the color wheel.
Grading: Students will be graded on creativity, cleanliness, accuracy of content, and completion on time.
Standards:
8.VA.CP.1.1 Apply knowledge of elements of art and design
8.VA.CP.2.1 Experiment, innovate, and take risks to create a unique design or artwork
8.ARCM.1.1 Consistently apply respect for personal artwork and the artwork of others.