Lesson #5: Adding color to create balance, dominance, and unity
6x9 drawing paper, pencils, erasers, crayons or colored pencils
Digital projector, laptop computer with internet accress, images of Calder's Little Spider, Myxomatose 1953, and Red Petals, a Joan Miro and Mondrian artwork that features primary colors
Students will use 6x9 paper to make a small sketch of their sculpure. They will then trace it to make one additional copy.
Using crayons or colored pencils, and using only black, white, and the primary colors, students will color their sketches two different ways to experiment with balance, dominance, and unity.
Each student should select his favorite colored sketch and post it at the front of the room or on a large central table for all to see. The teacher should conduct a critique asking students to select sketches that demonstrate how color was used to achieve:
- balance
- dominance
- unity