Lesson: Abstract Color Mix Paintings

Grade Level: 1st Grade

Art Elements: Color

Art Skills: Color Mixing, Abstract Painting

Making Connections: Science

The following lesson comes from Bob Reeker. He is an amazing NAEA Leader and teaches art and technology in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The lesson is very simple. each day, students add a layer of color by mixing primary colors to make secondary colors.  The teacher will give a simple prompt each time, but each student decides how they will arrange their abstract painting.  By the end of the painting all of the primary and secondary colors are represented.