Painting and mixed media: Life in colour
This unit focuses on teaching primary and secondary colours, colour mixing, and creating textures using different tools. It also covers collage techniques, encouraging pupils to experiment with materials and evaluate their artistic choices and aims to develop children's understanding of colour, texture, and composition in art. Use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan and to navigate to related resources.
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Painting and mixed media: Life in colour
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Name the primary and secondary colours.
- Talk about the colour changes they notice and make predictions about what will happen when two colours mix.
- Describe the colours and textures they see.
- Try different tools to recreate a texture and decide which tool works best.
- Show they can identify different textures in a collaged artwork.
- Apply their knowledge of colour mixing to match colours effectively.
- Choose collage materials based on colour and texture.
- Talk about their ideas for an overall collage.
- Try different arrangements of materials, including overlapping shapes.
- Give likes and dislikes about their work and others’.
- Describe ideas for developing their collages.
- Choose materials and tools after trying them out.
Suggested prior learning
Painting and mixed media: Colour splash
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Colour magic
- To develop knowledge of colour mixing.
Lesson 2: Texture hunt
- To know how texture can be created with paint.
Lesson 3: Making textures
- To use paint to explore texture and pattern.
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Lesson 4: Collage creation
- To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
Lesson 4: Collage creation – Christmas themed
- To compose a collage, choosing and arranging materials for effect.
Lesson 5: Developing detail
- To evaluate and improve artwork.
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