Color

When we returned from the winter break, I wanted to talk about color--my absolute favorite Element of Art/Design.  We talked about the color wheel extensively--including all the color schemes that students can find on the color wheel.  After all of that, they got a little oil pastel exposure.  Students divided their papers into organic shapes, and then they used oil pastels to color each shape.  They had to gradually go from one color to another, and they had to use an analogous color scheme in each shape.  I challenged them by not allowing them to smudge!

I mistakenly gave most of these artworks back before I had a chance to take a picture of them!  But they were really vibrant and eye-catching!