Lesson #5: Creating a unified color palette
Student sketches, manilla envelope, scissors, collage materials such as magazines, newspapers, assorted papers, ticket stubs, take out menus, metrocards, cash register receipts, instruction manuals for machines, bar codes
Georges Braque's Still-Life with Purple Plums, Still-Life with Grapes and Clarinet; a large color wheel
Distribute envelopes to to students to store their collage materials. The teacher should set up a separate table on which there are assorted materials from which students can select. Encourage youngsters to share their materials. As the students assemble their color palette, the teacher should circulate and discuss color choices with individual students.
Ask students at each table to share their collection of materials. Working as a group, they will identify the collection that demonstrates a unified color palette with the most variation within it.
- Why did you select this collection of materials?
- How did the student vary the dominant color?
- Why do professionals like interior designers, theatre set designers, and architects make a visual presentation of sample materials before actually beginning work on, or getting approval for, a project?
Continue to collect a variety of materials and found objects to enhance the dominant color scheme.
STRANDS ADDRESSED
Art Making: gathering materials to create a unified color palette
Literacy: hone observation skills, looking at and discussing art; developing visual arts vocabulary
Careers and Life-Long Learning: awareness of careers in visual arts