Tempera Painting Exploration - Studio in a School

Overview

In this unit, students will explore the basics of tempera painting, starting with how to use a paintbrush to create a variety of marks, lines, and shapes. They will also learn to mix primary colors to make secondary colors, brown, and a range of tints.

Grade Level
1-5

Media

Tempera (Painting)

Lessons In Unit

Lessons

Tempera Painting, Lesson 1: Line Exploration

Tempera Painting, Lesson 2: Color Mixing

Tempera Painting, Lesson 3: Mixing Tints and Browns

Materials and Tools

Tempera paint (red, yellow, and blue)
Trays
Water bowls
1” flat paintbrushes
Paper towels
12 x 18” paper
Plastic cups
Table coverings

Objectives

Students will understand that:

How a paintbrush is held, along with speed and movement, effects the marks, lines, and shapes produced.
Freeform shapes are different from geometric shapes.
Mixing primary colors creates secondary colors.
Adding white to a color creates a tint.
Mixing different combinations of the primary colors creates browns.

Students will be able to:

Hold a paintbrush in various ways to create different effects, lines, and shapes.
Paint a variety of freeform and geometric shapes.
Mix colors to make secondary colors, tints, and browns.

Resources

Credits

Written By:
Nicola Giardina, Director of Teaching and Learning

Lesson Development:
Andrea Burgay, Director of Digital Learning