Mixing secondary colours: spring greens

Art and design

Mixing secondary colours: autumn oranges

Mixing secondary colours: summer purples

Hot and cold colours

Paint the seasons: plan a colourful work

Painting the seasons

In this unit, pupils will develop brush control and knowledge of paint colours, techniques & processes. They will experiment with mixing and applying colours in visual contexts, for creative effects and to solve problems. They will use a variety of techniques to create a seasonal triptych.

The seasons: painting and colour mixing

describes colours in the same colour family

a thin layer of paint added to a dry layer of paint

a secondary colour, made by mixing blue and red

using a brush to gently mix colours on paper

adding white to a colour to make it lighter

adding black to a colour to make it darker

hues, tints and shades of yellow, orange and red

hues, tints and shades of green, blue and purple

the name we give to a group of colours that are used within an artwork

one of the four parts of the year; spring, summer, autumn, and winter

when you think about what you want to do and then decide how you will do it

a type of artwork that has three parts which work together

different ways of using and applying paint

when we think about our artwork to understand how good it is and how we could make it better

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