The reason being is they see adults as the right answer for everything. When I teach Art, I try not to show as many teacher-created examples as possible. You can pair it with any color and it will work. We talk about how brown is neutral and matches everything. The only Fall leaf color that doesn’t fit into the scheme is brown. These are what we call, “neighbor colors.” They sit next to one another on the color wheel. This fall leaves project works nicely for discussing analogous colors. The final effect is one that the students marvel at how beautiful they look. The key is to outline the shapes in marker so they can be “painted” in using a damp brush (Check out my drawing, coloring, and painting trips and tricks in my previous post). Once everything is drawn, the students use Fall leaf colors to decorate it. So when a pattern is drawn on the left, a corresponding pattern is drawn on the right, although not necessarily immediately adjacent to the first. For this particular game, they use the principle of design called, “balance” to visually weigh the parts of the design. Then they add their designs to both sides of the leaf. Next, they trace a leaf onto a large sheet of paper. The students roll to collect the parts required to design the leaf. This drawing activity starts out with a simple roll of the dice. So when the Autumn leaves started to fall this year, I designed a game to celebrate the beginning of the end. They’re mini pieces of artwork hung loosely from trees that, when called upon by nature, cascade to Earth. I love watching the Fall colors turn on the trees as the days inch closer to Winter. Their beautiful, bold colors makes them the perfect muse for art students learning about color theory.
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