You can mix colors.
You can mix yellow and red.
You can mix yellow and blue.
You can mix red and blue.
What colors make orange?
What colors make green?
What colors make violet?
Painting: Mixing Colors of Paint
Today you will be a color scientist.
Perform this experiment below:
1. Draw 3 circles on your paper (like the picture above).
2. Paint a circle yellow. (Wash, Wipe, Blot, Dip)
3. Paint a circle red. (Wash, Wipe, Blot, Dip)
4. Paint a circle blue. (Wash, Wipe, Blot, Dip)
5. Where the circles overlap, mix those colors together on your paper.
CLEAN-UP
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Put YOUR PAINTING on the drying rack when complete.
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GO to your TABLE and put away the ART supplies.
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CLEAN TABLE WITH A SPONGE.
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wash hands & put away your art apron.
EXTENSIONS
1. Challenge yourself! Try to make a grayish or brownish color in the background.
2. GO TO THE NEXT LESSON, PAINTING: LIGHT AND DARK COLORS