We have been learning about colour theory in art with Ms. Mudry. Among other concepts, students learned that some colours are warm and some are cool. The warm colours are colours like red, orange and yellow and some of the cool colours are blue, green and purple. They were then given the opportunity to practice this theory by creating their own tree art.
First making a grid with a circle in the centre, students drew a tree trunk with branches reaching up and out to the edge of the circle. They used their understanding of line to create designs on the trunk and branches. Finally, they had to decide where to fill in the cool and warm colours. Warm colours inside the circle made it look like the sun, while cooler colours looked more like a moon. The contrasting effect came from colouring the outside of the circle using the opposite colour choice. Students proudly shared their tree art at our virtual Hallowe’en assembly.