Lesson Two – Colour Swatches
This art and design teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to identify, describe and compare the range of different colour shades that have been used in a painting of a landscape scene by Renoir.
The class can suggest and explain how and why an artist might use colour shades in their paintings to represent different themes, ideas and feelings about a scene.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify, describe and compare the range of different colour shades that have been used in a painting of a landscape scene by Renoir
Activities in this teaching pack include display poster to identify and describe some of the colour shades used in artwork of Children at the Beach by Renoir and differentiated templates to record some of the special colour shades that have been used in a section from a work of art by Renoir.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and record the range of colour shades that have been used in a painting by a famous artist.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to explore the artwork style and painting techniques of a famous European artist to replicate when creating a picture of a school scene. 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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