Colour
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
