Week Two of Rebecca's Practicum

This is Rebecca Lindblade, the Bryan Gallery graduate assistant again. For week two of my practicum at St. James High School, I introduced the element of color to her two Art 1 classes. On Tuesday, I first began class with a Color pre-assessment for me to get an idea of what components I need to touch on in my lesson. After giving the students a few minutes to complete the assessment, I took 10-15 minutes to go through a powerpoint with a lecture/discussion. Below are the vocabulary terms I included in my lesson:

-Hue-the color in its purest form on the color spectrum

-Pigment-the powder or substance that makes up the color of paint (organic or inorganic)

-Primary colors- colors that cannot be made by mixing any other colors (red, blue, and yellow)

-Secondary colors- colors that are made by mixing two primary colors together (orange, violet, and green)

-Complementary colors- colors that are across from each other on the color wheel; that complement/excite eachother (yellow and purple, red and green, and blue and orange)

-Tertiary colors- colors that are made by mixing a primary and secondary color together with the primary color the prominent color (red orange, red violet, blue green, etc)

-Analogous colors- colors that are placed right next to each other on the color wheel: who share similar tones (violet, blue violet, blue)

- Triadic color scheme- colors that are evenly placed apart on the color wheel (primary, secondary, etc)

Warm colors- colors with a warmer temperature on the color wheel (orange, red, and yellow)

Cool colors- colors with a cooler temperature on the color wheel (blue, violet, and green)

Monochromatic color scheme- the use of gradation within a certain hue (tints and shades of blue)

Neutrals-

Tints- adding white to a hue (lighten)

Shades- adding black to a hue (darken)

Tones- adding gray to a hue

Complementary Contrast- adding complementary colors to dull down the hues

After the powerpoint, the students followed along with me as we completed a worksheet on primary, secondary, and complementary colors. This allowed them to get a feel for mixing colors by themselves. Overall, it was a successful first day of teaching. Here are some student examples from the first day: