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TREE SILHOUETTE – Warm and Cool Colours, ContrastStudents use tempera paint to mix warm and cool colours that they use to paint a background and then use black oil pastel to draw a tree silhouette on it.
Students use tempera paint to mix warm and cool colours that they use to paint a background and then use black oil pastel to draw a tree silhouette on it.
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Supplies:
- Crayola Oil Pastels - Black
- Crayola Tempera Paint
- Crayola Marker & Watercolour Paper - 22.9 cm x 30.5 cm (9" x 12") - 1 piece per student
- Crayola Paint Brushes
- Pencils
- Paper Plates for Palettes
- Water Containers
- Paper Towels
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/aff92041e88fc8d8e96530010a5dbccd-stepSml.png)
- Make several sketches of trees.
- Choose the one you like the best to use for your painting.
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/2c5ffc8b411acc415c864bdb33e5248c-stepSml.png)
- Put a small amount of the primary colours - yellow, red and blue paint on a paper plate.
- Follow the colour wheel to mix each of the secondary colours. (Downloads - ColourWheel.pdf)
- Red + Yellow = Orange
- Red + Blue = Violet
- Blue + Yellow = Green
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/2d15dfd31fcd1279f5e199afc98eabb8-stepSml.png)
- Start painting at the bottom of the paper.
- Make a band of a cool colour such as blue or green.
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/1da84b3a0c6932851f89df2e63b3d738-stepSml.png)
- Gradually change colours of paint moving from cool to warm.
- Overlap the edges of each band of colour so they blend together as you add new colours.
- Fill the page with colour.
- Place the painting in a safe place to dry.
5
![Step 5](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/97a7e08f7b6d91f7a0975269640ea6f4-stepSml.png)
- Use a black oil pastel to draw your tree on top of your painted background.
- Have your tree sketch beside you and let it guide you as you draw.
6
![Step 6](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/2b8048e37abfff551afbdee01e19d9ab-stepSml.png)
- Fill the page with your tree and its branches.
- From time to time view your work from a distance to see it with fresh eyes.
- Add details until you are satisfied with how it looks.
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Science,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 1,
Grade 2,
Grade 3,
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6