Painting and mixed media: Colour splash

In this unit children learn about primary and secondary colours, colour mixing techniques, and applying these skills in painting and printing. The lessons encourage exploration and confidence in colour use, culminating in creating a painted plate in the style of an artist. This unit enhances pupils' understanding of colours and their applications in art. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.

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Unit outcomes

Pupils who are secure will be able to:

  • Name the primary colours.
  • Explore coloured materials to mix secondary colours.
  • Mix primary colours to make secondary colours.
  • Apply paint consistently to their printing materials to achieve a print.
  • Use a range of colours when printing.
  • Mix five different shades of a secondary colour.
  • Decorate their hands using a variety of patterns.
  • Mix secondary colours with confidence to paint a plate.
  • Describe their finished plates.

Suggested prior learning

Painting and mixed media: Paint my world

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Lessons

Lesson 1: Making colours

  • To investigate how to mix secondary colours.
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Lesson 2: Painting with colour

  • To apply knowledge of colour mixing when painting.
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Lesson 3: Printing with paint

  • To explore colour when printing.
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Lesson 4: Exploring colour mixing

  • To experiment with paint mixing to make a range of secondary colours.
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Lesson 5: Clarice Cliff plates

  • To apply their painting skills when working in the style of an artist.
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Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

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Key vocabulary

blend

hue

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Knowledge organiser: Art & design – Y1 Painting and mixed-media

Aimed at pupils, a single page that gives key facts and definitions from the unit.

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Vocabulary display: Colour splash

A display version of the key vocabulary from the Colour splash unit.

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Cross-curricular opportunities

Mathematics: Number – number and place value.

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Painting and mixed media: Life in colour

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