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Mixing The Greens of a Plant

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
Children will explore mixing blue, yellow, and white to make different greens. Children can mix the different greens they notice on a plant.

Remembered Landscapes: Nancy Grossman  

Media Types: Collage, Painting
Grade Bands: 3-5
In this lesson, you will look closely at a collage by Nancy Grossman for inspiration and explore how color, shape, and composition can describe the memory of a landscape or place.

Tempera Painting, Lesson 3: Mixing Tints and Browns

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: 3-5, K-2
Overview: In this lesson, students will practice creating secondary colors, tints, and browns.  Students will understand that  ​​Students will be able…

Mixing Purple

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore painting with red and blue and mix a new color—purple!

Mixing Orange

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore painting with red and yellow and mix a new color—orange!

Mixing Green

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore painting with yellow and blue and mix a new color—green!

Ruth Asawa: Imaginary Trees

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: 3-5, K-2
In this lesson, you will explore watercolor techniques to paint your own imaginary tree. You will find connections between your own painting process and the artwork of Ruth Asawa.

All About Us

Media Types: Drawing, Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore drawing and painting a self-portrait.

Transforming Colors

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore painting with the primary colors and transform them into new colors.

Painting with Watercolors

Media Types: Painting
Grade Bands: K-2, Pre-K
In this activity, children will explore different ways to paint with watercolors.