Monochromatic Colour Theory

I am sure some of you are like me and are very excited for our upcoming practicum, yet also a little nervous. I thought the nerves would decrease this semester, as we have already had a practicum. I was wrong. There are different and new concerns now: a new CT, a new class, a new PS, a new grade, older kids, an EA, a new school, different curriculum, rows of desks, different attitudes, a new principal, new subjects to teach (French, Fine Arts).....the list goes on. 

But despite my nerves I am really looking forward to leaving university behind for a little while and focusing on the practical applications of our learning. It helps that I have an amazing CT, staff to work with, and a great group of kids! All this to say that I am looking forward to teaching my Art lessons. I really struggled writing them. I was trying to include everything, while keeping art interesting, yet educational and thinking about assessment and behavioural management. Somehow I feel like in this practicum I need to take a more serious approach regarding assessment and diversity...which can be difficult. 

Anyways I was just going to share the idea that I found for my linked lessons in case anyone wants to use it. Mine was on colour theory and I used a neat website 'Kerpoof' for the worksheet and the digital colour wheel. The colour wheel is pretty neat. You can mix paint colours online!!! In other words you can make secondary and tertiary colours! It's a neat and mess free way that kids can explore how colours are created before you put a bunch of paint in front of them. After we worked through the website, I had the students create their very own monochromatic colour scheme background which involves a hue, and different tints (mixing white with the hue) and shades (mixing black with your hue). The final lesson involves creating a silhouette on top of their monochromatic background. So the lesson takes the students through a brief history of the colour wheel, some basic colour theory and vocab, and then teaches them how to apply their knowledge. 

Needless to say, I learned a lot about colour theory that I never knew (or perhaps forgot a long time ago). So hopefully my lessons will be successful and I will have 28 beautiful monochromatic art pieces to share with everyone in the UNBC art show! 
Good luck teaching your fine arts lessons everyone! 

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