Lesson Five For all levels

Along with understanding the nature of supports and paint, knowing about colour is an essential requirement for a painter. This lesson explores the variety of ways artists use colour to ‘speak’ to the viewer.

Gallery Tour 1 hour

The works selected for this lesson analyse many of the ways colour can be used, e.g. it can be used to create a focal point or create depth/distance, to create 3-dimensional form, to establish the time of day and the weather, or a particular mood.

Gallery Tour and Workspace Activity 11/2 hour

The hands-on activity picks up on and experiments with one of the uses of colour.

Curriculum Links

• Visual Arts
  • Practical knowledge, developing ideas, communicating ideas and understanding art in context
• English
  • Oral language: Listening and speaking
  • Visual language: Viewing and presenting