Tag Archives: primary colors

Monsters Love Colors

Grade 1 Monsters ❤️ Colors:
After reading the book we went over our primary and secondary colors.
Students then became monsters 🤭and scribbled all over their paper using two primary colored markers to make a secondary color.
They saw the magic ✨when they added water and painted over their scribbled paper. Once dried we used the secondary color oil pastels and applied “Lines”.
Then we made the two colored monsters that made the secondary color or “Magic” happen.
A great layered lesson to introduce colors and lines.
Grade 1 IB PYP Multi-media lesson on Colors
Just add water and Let the magic happen!
Wow is that Orange?
So Yellow and red make Orange!!
YESSSS!!!!
OMG…PURPLE!!!
Let’s get those Lines of Design in there!!!

Grade 1 Lines, Primary Colors, Self-Portrait, Collage

Grade 1 learned all about “Elements of Art” Lines and Color (Primary colors). They drew a self portrait on newspaper.
Students glued their primary color strips and last their self portrait on top. A layered unit with amazing results … and the kids Loved it! Ohh La La!

Pop Art Rocks

My Finished Example to show students.
My Finished Example to show students.

Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School

Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School

Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School

Trumbull High School
Trumbull High School

Roy Lichtenstein Example
Roy Lichtenstein Example

Roy Lichtenstein Example
Roy Lichtenstein Example

Roy Lichtenstein Example
Roy Lichtenstein Example

Here is a cool High School Lesson where I introduced Pop Art and the work of Roy Lichtenstein to my students.  I showed them some examples and discussed the meticulous use of benday dots.   The students first searched for a magazine image of their choice.  They then traced the image using contour lines only.  They then transferred the image on white paper using charcoal transfer paper.  Next students outlined their image using a black sharpie.  Students then began to paint their design using primary colors only.  I had my students use Q-tips for their benday dots, some chose to use a ruler aswell to line them up properly.  Remind your students to practice their dots on a seperate paper prior to beginning.  Once students are done with their dots they will use black acrylic to paint everything they outlined in sharpie.  I had my students add a caption to give their design a more comic book effect, however it is not necessary.  Have fun🎨