Lesson 8: Three Color Mixing and Adding White

Materials and Tools

• 18” x 24” white paper 80#
• Red paint in soufflé cup
• Blue paint in soufflé cup
• Yellow paint in soufflé cup
• White paint in soufflé cup
• 1” brush 
• Water in deli cup
• Sponge
• Tray

Activities

Step 1: Invitation to Explore

• What colors did we create/make last week? 
• What do you see on my tray this week?
• We have yellow, blue, red and white!
• Review removing the lids off of the soufflé cups.
• What happened when we mixed white with blue?
• What happened when we mixed white with yellow?
• What happened when we mixed white with red?
• What color should make now? Model making green, orange and/or purple. 
• Review brush washing song every time you change colors!
• Review drying the brush on the sponge
• Model adding white to each of the colors.
• What colors are we making?
• Light yellow…What can we call this color? Lemon yellow. 
• Light orange….peach.
• Light purple…lavender or lilac.
• What do you think we call these colors? Tints or pastels.

Step 2: Work-time

• Invite 3-4 students to the art center. 
• Encourage them to stand or sit, whichever is more comfortable for them so that they can use their whole arm as they move the brush on the paper. 
• Each student has her own tray with a cup of red, blue, yellow, and white paint, a brush, deli cup with water and a sponge. 
• Remind students to wash their brushes between dipping into each color. 
• Encourage students to try mixing white into each of the primary colors. 
• Encourage students to mix colors to make green, orange and purple and to add white into each color combination.
• Comment on the many colors the students are creating and how they are moving their brushes to create patches/areas of color.

Step 3: Reflection

• Which is your favorite color?
• Does anyone have a questions or comment for the artist?

Vocabulary

Paintbrush, handle, bristle,  mixing, add, blend, light, dark, lighter, darker, top, bottom, corner, middle, tint, pastel, lavender, lilac, peach