Year 7 - Art and design
The elements of art: Colour
The elements of art
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Unit Summary
Pupils will develop an understanding of the basic elements of art and learn how artists use these elements in different ways in their work. In the unit, pupils will answer questions as they look at the elements through a variety of processes to identify how they are used in different art forms.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use colour theory and personal preference to make a collage.
Key Notes
- Colours can carry different meanings, and these can vary across people, places and cultures.
- We can use colour to convey emotion in our work.
- Artists and designers can use colour theory and personal preference in their work.
Vocabulary To Learn
- colour: what we see when light reflects off an object. Colour helps us describe how things look and can also make us feel different emotions.
- colour theory: the idea of how colours work together. It includes the colour wheel, primary and secondary colours, and how colours can mix or contrast.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Colours carry the same meaning for everybody.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Colours can carry different meanings, and these can vary across people, places and cultures. We can use colour to convey emotion in our work.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'colour'
what we see when light reflects off an object. Colour helps us describe how things look and can also make us feel different emotions.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Colours carry the same meaning for everybody. Correction: Colours can carry different meanings, and these can vary across people, places and cultures.
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