Lesson One – Fruit Colours

This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record some of the special shades of colours that have been used in different pieces of art representing portrayals of fruits and flowers.
The class can select and illustrate sections of a picture to replicate and indicate the matching colour shades that have been used to represent different features and objects.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record some of the special shades of colours that have been used in different pieces of art representing portrayals of fruits and flowers
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe the range of colours seen on different fruits and in the painting of Fruit and Flowers by Theodorus van Brussel and a worksheet to record the special colours that can be seen in different parts of a fruit that has been illustrated in artwork.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record some of the special shades of colours that have been used in different pieces of art.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to develop and refine skills in representing different types of flowers grown in a garden by using a range of painting techniques. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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