We have been learning about one of the elements of art – colour theory. Students were directed to use only the three primary colours – red, yellow, and blue – to create the three intermediate colours – orange, purple, and green. Students began by creating a design of a variety of shapes with a felt marker. They then filled these shapes in by blending the primary colour wax crayons to create the intermediate colours. They experimented with differing degrees of pressure (for darker and lighter hues) and different amounts of each primary to create a variety of shades and tints.
