Water Colors in the Classroom

Lesson One

WAKING UP YOUR WATERCOLORS

DARK, MEDIUM AND LIGHT VALUES

PRIMARY and SECONDARY COLORS

Debora Supplitt M.A.A.Ed./M.Ed.

July 15, 2013

Fill your water jar ½ full!!!!If you have a full jar and spill it you

take out the entire table! JUST SAYIN’!

Rinse your brush well making sure your brushis “LOADED”WITH CLEAN WATER.

Drip one drop of water into each paint color.

Do not touch you brush to the color.

Individual colors of paints should have one drop of

water.

Add one or two drops of water to your

PAINT PALETTE tray.

Remember clean water means clean colors!

“Load” your paint brush with your favorite color.

“Dance” and “Swirl” your “Loaded” brush into the water in

your paint palette.

Check out your color. “DREAMY!”

One drop of water

and a loaded paint brush =90% color

With your sharpie marker draw a 3” x 3” square in the upper left side of your paper.

Clip paper onto your clip board

Hold your clip board at approximately a 45 degree

angle.

“PULL DOWN” METHOD

Start with your 90% paint in the upper left cornerPull down vertically

about ½”.

Moving horizontally, repeating this movementall the way across the square.

“TA DUM!”First line completed.

Second LineStart ABOVE the

Waterline

“Pull Down” another ½” or so ALWAYS starting above the waterline

Continue across.Begin third line above the

water line.

Until your entire square is filled.

Label this square “Pull Down Method/90%”

Draw Square #2 and #3

Label those 50% and 20%

90%, 50% and 20%

For 90% drip 1 drop of water and one loaded brush

For 50% drip 3 drops of water and one loaded brush

For 20% drip 6 drops of water and one loaded brush.

Label your boxes

You have produced your favorite colored three boxes with a

DARK VALUE=90%

MEDIUM VALUE=50%

And LIGHT VALUE=20%

#1 Rule of Water ColorsMORE

WATER=LIGHTER COLOR

LESS WATER=DARKER COLOR

AWESOME ASSIGNMENT

Primary and SecondaryColor Values

Create Six lines (6) with

(3) three boxes on each line.

Line one label Red: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

Line two label Orange: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

Line three label Yellow: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

Line four label Green: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

Line five label Blue: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

Line six label Purple: First box 90% , second box 50%, third box 20%

ADDING TO YOUR PORTFOLIO!

WHEN DRY CUT YOUR PAPER TO A SMALLER SIZE SO THAT IT FITS ONTO ANY PAGE.

USE U-HU GLUE STICK TO ADHERE (STICK) INTO YOUR PORTFOLIO.

LABEL YOUR PAGE IN YOUR TABLE OF CONTENTS.

“WATERCOLORED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLORS 3 STEP VALUE”.

(OR DARK, MEDIUM AND LIGHT VALUES)

LET’S LOOK AT THE RUBRIC or Guidelines

Are your colors at 90%, 50%, and 20%?

On each line san you tell between the dark, medium and light values?

Did you use all the primary (red, yellow and blue) and secondary colors (orange, green and purple)?

Did you include your practice “Pull Down” color.

Did you use the “Pull Down” method for all 18 of your sample boxes?

Did you paste your sample and assignment into your portfolio?

Did you label this assignment in your “Table of Contents”?

Reflection WriteWhat did I learn?

In your portfolio next to your pasted assignment write one or two paragraph (4-5 complete sentences) or more discussing…

Reflection QuestionsWhat Did I learn?What was the process I applied?How did I use the “Pull Down” method?What was my favorite color?What did I find fun?What might have been a challenge or

problem that I corrected?Did you make a “Boo-Boo”? If so what

was the “Boo-Boo? And did you make that an opportunity for something better?

If I were the teacher how would have I changed this lesson to be better?