This art project was one of great fun, but also deep thought. We played around with chalk pastels, using a wet-to-wet technique.
We picked four colours that are analogous on the colour wheel, and represented those colours with a mood (joy, worries, excitement, hurts). From there, we began our art, by deciding how big we wanted our heart to be, and the positioning of our heart on our page. Everything we did represented our feelings. If our heart was big, it was full of feelings, if our heart was centre on the page, we felt pretty on point, if our heart was mostly one colour, we were feeling that particular way. We even went so far as to the intensity of the colours on the page and what that represented.
We used tape to made a border around our art. Once we finished, we removed the tape for a white border, and glued our piece of work to a background coloured piece.
Wet-to-wet technique:
Using a paper made specifically for water, use a sponge to cover the surface of your page with water. Once fully wet, dip your chalk pastel in the water as well, so you are applying a wet pastel to a wet piece of paper.
Success Criteria:
- Four analogous colours (neighbours on the colour wheel)
- Size (big, small, tiny)
- Shape (symmetrical, stretched, jaggedy)
- Placement (high, low, centred, off page)
- Colour applied in weight/way which conveys meaning (heavily, angrily)
- At least 2 places where colours are mixed
- At least 1 place where white is added to create a tint
We picked four colours that are analogous on the colour wheel, and represented those colours with a mood (joy, worries, excitement, hurts). From there, we began our art, by deciding how big we wanted our heart to be, and the positioning of our heart on our page. Everything we did represented our feelings. If our heart was big, it was full of feelings, if our heart was centre on the page, we felt pretty on point, if our heart was mostly one colour, we were feeling that particular way. We even went so far as to the intensity of the colours on the page and what that represented.
We used tape to made a border around our art. Once we finished, we removed the tape for a white border, and glued our piece of work to a background coloured piece.
Wet-to-wet technique:
Using a paper made specifically for water, use a sponge to cover the surface of your page with water. Once fully wet, dip your chalk pastel in the water as well, so you are applying a wet pastel to a wet piece of paper.
Success Criteria:
- Four analogous colours (neighbours on the colour wheel)
- Size (big, small, tiny)
- Shape (symmetrical, stretched, jaggedy)
- Placement (high, low, centred, off page)
- Colour applied in weight/way which conveys meaning (heavily, angrily)
- At least 2 places where colours are mixed
- At least 1 place where white is added to create a tint