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Summary and Objective
Students will understand that one of the ways in which mood and meaning are conveyed in art is through the manipulation of color. By focusing student attention on the colors painted in two works of art exhibited on the American Centuries Website, as well as noticing color in nature and their everyday lives, children can gain an appreciation for art and their own ability to express themselves through the use of color.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Students will view "Cornfield in Winter" by Lucia Fairchild Fuller and "Study by Candlelight" by George Spencer Fuller, two paintings included in the digital collection at the American Centuries Website.
Step 2.
Students will discuss the colors that were used by each artist and the teacher will list them.
Step 3.
Hand out color samples and ask the children to put them in "warm" and "cool" groupings. The teacher will then ask students to think of colors in nature that are yellow or gold, green and blue or white and whether these things make us feel warm or cool. Photographs can be displayed to make this point more clear, as well as a look out the window or a walk outdoors.
Step 4.
Students will go back and look at the two paintings again to discuss how those paintings make them feel. If they could step into each painting, what would they be thinking, doing, and feeling? Generate discussion and reactions to the two paintings. Which painting makes them feel warmer, or colder? Does one painting feel cozier, one lonelier?
Step 5.
Students will then paint their own "warm" or "cool" paintings, share, and respond to each others works.
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