Lesson # 10 - Warm And Cool Colors

Lesson # 10 - Warm and Cool Colors

Objective The student will identify warm and cool colors as expressed in two works of visual art.

Focus Element - color Focus Principle - emphasis

Standards (AP)Artistic Perception - Identify the elements of visual art. (1.3) (CE) Creative Expression - Create original works of art. (2.5) (AV) Aesthetic Valuing - Analyze one's own and others' artwork.(4.1, 4.2)

Open Court Themes Pictures Tell Stories Friendship Stick To It School Shadows

Concept Colors in artwork can express feelings. Some colors are warm and some are cool. (Please note that not everyone feels happy when looking at warm colors and is saddened by cool colors. Response to colors is unique to each individual.)

Vocabulary words warm cool happy sad calm excited content peaceful oil pastel

Resources ART CONNECTIONS: pp. 58-59A ART EXPRESS: pp. 58 & 59 PORTFOLIOS: pp. 12 & 13 Art examples: Mesas at Sunset, Juanita Cruz Mountain Landscape at Clavadel, Ernst Kirchner

Materials  Two art prints showing warm and cool colors  oil pastels or crayons, divided into sets of warm colors (red, yellow, orange) and cool colors (blue, green, purple)  12" x 12" drawing paper  pencils  erasers

Kindergarten, lesson #10

DIRECTED LESSON

Get Set What colors make you happy? Do any colors make you sad? Which colors make us feel warm when we look at them, and which make us feel cold?

Focus Compare and contrast two artworks which show warm and cool colors. How do the pictures make you feel? How did the artists use colors to communicate those feelings? Which of these examples was painted with warm colors? Which was painted with cool colors? Tell students that red, yellow, and orange are warm colors, while blue, green, and purple are cool. Model doing a simple line drawing of a real object that fills the page, and coloring in with either warm or cool colors.

Develop Have students observe a real object or close-up photo of an object with simple lines, such as a flower or a stuffed animal. Have students do a contour line drawing of the object. Remind them to fill the whole paper and to look for lines and shapes. When students have finished their drawings, give them either a set of warm or a set of cool colors. Have them color in with either warm or cool colors. (Both groups may use brown, black, and white if desired, as they are neutral.) Make sure students fill in the backgrounds of their artwork.

Evaluation Looking at all students' work, have students tell if they used warm or cool colors.

Summary Art can express feelings. Artists may use warm and cool colors to show us feelings.

Journal writing prompt Draw a happy or a sad picture. What colors did you use? Why?

Extensions  READING - Read Frederick, by Leo Lionni. How did Frederick use colors to warm up the mice? Assessment (AP) I know that red, yellow, and orange are warm colors, and that blue, green and purple are cool colors. (CE) I used lines and colors in my drawing to express feelings. (AV) I described what I saw in my own and others' works of art.