Lesson Plan
Still Life with Secondary Colors
Your students will use primary and their own mixed secondary colors to paint a beautiful still life.
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Learning Objectives
Students will:
- Paint a still life using secondary colors.
- Discuss their work and others with constructive feedback.
This art lesson corresponds to California Visual and Performing Arts Standards:
- 2.2 Mix secondary colors from primary colors and describe the process
- 2.6 Draw or paint a still life, using secondary colors
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Tell students that today we will make an art project of objects called a still life. We will spend time observing before and while we draw.
- Instruct students to look at their still life arrangement quietly for at least 30 seconds and to let their eyes wander throughout the whole arrangement.
- Tell students to think of five descriptive words or phrases about any aspect of the still life.
- Tell students to look at the arrangement again and try to add five more descriptive words or phrases to their mental list.
- Ask student to share their favorite two descriptive words or phrases in pairs.