Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889. Oil on Canvas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
An artist named Vincent Van Gogh made this painting.
What colors do you see?
Can you find some cool colors in the picture?
Vincent Van Gogh, The Night Cafe, 1888. Oil on canvas.
Vincent also made this painting.
What colors can you see?
Can you find any warm colors?
Project – Color Families: Warm and Cool Colors
make two drawings today USING CRAYONS:
- 1 warm drawing
- 1 cool drawing
First, let’s make a list of things we can draw for the warm color family.
Here are some ideas for you:
Fire
Flowers
Sunset
Now let’s make a list of things we can draw in the cool color family.
Here are some ideas for you:
Lake
Swimming Pool
Fish
Sky
EXTENSIONS:
READING AND LISTENING SKILLS: READ ALOUD FROM HAILSTONES AND HALIBUT BONES: ADVENTURES IN COLOR BY MARY O’NEIL (NEW YORK, DOUBLEDAY, 1961.)
MAKE DRAWINGS DOMINATED BY EACH COLOR FROM THE COLOR POEMS.
PERCEPTUAL AWARENESS: PLAY MATCHING AND SORTING GAMES WITH CHIPS OF COLORED PAPER OR SAMPLES OF PAINT COLORS FROM YOUR LOCAL HARDWARE STORE.
PERCEPTUAL AWARENESS: OBTAIN POSTCARD REPRODUCTIONS OF WORKS OF ART. SORT THEM ACCORDING TO COLOR FAMILIES.