Color

[] # [][][][][] (color, value and hue) [] [] [] Some things we're doing in studio on Thursday, January 20th: * Use white icing and food coloring and try to match a color chip from the paint store. * Play around with tempera paints, combining primary colors to make new colors (secondary colors, tints, and skin tones). * See page 103 of the 4th edition Koster text for definitions of color words and basic information about mixing colors. * By 3:00 Monday, January 24th, please post on this Color Discussion page: __something you learned about color__ during this studio time (the third column of the KWL chart handed out in class on Tuesday, January 18th). Also include __HOW YOU LEARNED IT. WHAT DID YOU DO?__ * By 10:00 on Tuesday, January 25th, please respond to two classmates' posts.

Olivia: While i was painting I was trying to remember the last time I just painted just for fun. Also I remembered why I love art class, because nobody could tell me that MY art was wrong. It has been a very long time since I have colored for fun. I really enjoyed myself! I was never really a fan of art class but I had fun doing my own thing.-Katelyn Massie

Kaitlin: I learned a little bit better how to mix paints. I'mnot very good at that with painting since I mostly drew everything. I learned this by mixing different food colorings with icing and mixing tempra's on my paper. It was fun! I think its fun to mix paints to see what color they will make. I am not very good at drawing so I try to stay away from drawing anything. I didnt mix paint but I did mix food colorings in water and it was neat to watch what colors were made.-Katelyn Massie

Cobey: While I was painting I was trying to add texture to the picture but ended up mostly mixing the colors into an unpleasant mess. I was a bit intimidated by the icing station, I never really thought so deeply about colors. I guess I’m a performance avoid type of person, as I tend to shy away from artistic endeavors due to my lack of confidence. The icing proved to be difficult to manipulate to me. No matter what I tried, I was not getting the desired results. I actually just mixed towards the end and tried to find a color chip that matched my concoction, which ended up being a miserable grey color. My second attempt was a bit more successful, though not fully. Without full knowledge of colors and how they work together, experimentation is the way I learned. Upon first glance the activity days on Thursdays seem so basic and at first honestly I figured they were simply a waste of time. I absolutely love the concept now that I have had the opportunity to experience it. I think that these activities are tremendously efficient teaching tools. An effective educator finds a way to make learning fun. I really look forward to these activities and I’m almost certain younger learners would greet these activities with an immense amount of enthusiasm.

Machael: I loved painting today, it took me back to when I taught preschool and painted with my students. I loved the icing and food coloring idea it was a great activity that I am going to remember for sure. It took me several attempts to get the right color but I finally got it. I really enjoy the hands on activities that this class offers! - i agree with you machael i had alot of fun doing all the projects in class it makes me feel like a little kid and not have to worry about anything: lauren bunting

Katelyn: I was not able to be in class to attend the color studio but I did a little coloring of my own. I mixed food colorings together to see what the outcome color would be.I colored with crayons and markers on a peice of paper. I then overlapped the colors to see what colors I could make and see if they matched the food coloring in the water.It seems that the food coloring was always darker than when I colored with a crayon or marker but they were kind of similar. I tend to realize that I favor more colors than others when I was playing around. I picked up pink, green, yellow, and blue a lot. After I was playing around for awhile, I realized this and switched up some of the colors.

Lauren: i had fun doing the color project in class, it made me feel like i was a little kid again coloring the icing and painting. my favorite part was the icing, it took me alot of food coloring and icing to get the right color but i wasnt going to stop till i got the color that i wanted. i enjoy being able to do these projects in class because its going to help me remember things to do with children in the classroom.

Paij: I love the idea of just feeling like a kid again and finger painting really brought me back. I think this would be a great opportunity for young children to express their feelings, and if we just give them the materials and let them design their own picture this gives them a chance to be creative and be free. I also loved the icing idea. This gives the children a snack as well as a fun way to create something.