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Color Everywhere!
Can a picture be full of ideas without being a picture of a thing?
LOOK CLOSELY
Can colors tell a story?
Look at these marks. What feeling or idea could you make with your own colors?
Video coming soon. Explore the activity below.
Gather what you need
Paper and washable paint sticks, daubers, or crayons.
For your grown-up: Use paint sticks gently with only a little exposed. The activity stands alone and does not require the original classroom read-aloud.
Let’s see what happens.
- Look around for a color or shape that catches your attention.
- Make a dot, line, or swirl inspired by it. Choose where it belongs on your paper.
- Add another mark and notice how the picture changes. You decide when to fill space or leave it open.
- Turn your picture around. Tell someone about a choice you made, even if it does not have a name.
Your ideas belong here too.
Choose a color for an imaginary sound. Would its mark be tiny, wide, wiggly, or something else?
Tell me about your making.
Which mark would you make again? Which space did you choose to leave?
What would you try next?
“I’ll show you how I did mine. Yours doesn’t have to look like mine.”
For grown-ups · lesson notes
For grown-ups: open the little lesson plan →
Elements of Art focus: Color & space. Arrange color and marks; decide where to leave space open. Meet the seven art ideas →
PLAY THIS ART ADVENTURE · 20
A Picture of an Idea
Arrange color and marks; decide where to leave space open.
Art ideas: Color & space. One playful connection to this project.
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