Saturday, October 25, 2014

3rd Gr. Colorful Chameleons

Colorful Chameleons
For this project, we studied the color wheel and discussed Primary and Secondary colors.  Students drew a chameleon and painted it using only the Primary colors which are red, yellow, and blue!  
We practiced an artist trick for mixing colors where you start with the lighter color and then mix in a little bit of the darker color until you get it just right.  This way of mixing paint will help save you time and paint!


Yellow + Red = Orange


Red + Blue = Purple


Yellow Blue = Green




Did you know that Chameleon's do Not actually change the color of their skin based on their surroundings?  They change the color of their skin based on temperature and mood.  Crazy, huh?!
To see More student artwork, click on "3rd Grade Art" 

Here is a fun stop motion video about the "Three Primary Colors,  only three are primary it's true, the world is full of many different colors, but we're just talking red, yellow, and blue..."

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