Color Unit

Title: How do you see color?

Grade Level: HS/Intro to art/Drawing I
Measurable Objectives:
1. Standard 2: Using Elements of Art and Principles of Design. Benchmark 3:
The student visually communicates by incorporating the elements and
principles in works of art.
2. Standard 3: Creating artworks through choice of subjects, symbols, and
ideas. Benchmark 2: The student selects and uses images, subjects, and
ideas to express meaning through art.
3. Standard 6: Making connections between the visual arts and other
disciplines. Benchmark 3: The student demonstrates ways in which art
concepts are interrelated with non-art disciplines.
Lesson objectives listed after each day.
Questions/Discussion/Criticism/Relevance:
-Do colors react differently next to each other?
-How do you see colors?
-Does your color scheme look different than others?
-What other color schemes can we use?
Students need to understand complementary colors so they can understand how
their eyes view color; they also need to understand color for the world that
surrounds them. They need to understand why their eye sees color this way (or
that way) due to an outside source (another color next to it). If the students decide
to go into the Graphic Design field, color will play a huge role in their career.
Choosing clothes also involves color (a good interview can come from the right
outfit!).
Materials/Vocab:
Large Paper
Pencil
Ruler
Sharpie
Colors
Image of black and white optical illusion 8 x 10
Examples of optical illusions
Optical illusions; complementary colors; secondary colors; color wheel; color

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Activities: Sketch of the Day everyday
Day 1- Students will be making a complementary color scheme optical illusion. We
will be focusing on the color wheel and color schemes. Ask students what the
primary/secondary colors are...show an example of a color wheel and talk about
complementary colors...explain how to find the complements. Then, to start the
assignment, they will get an 8 x 10 or 5 x 7 black and white image from the
internet. After they have printed off the image, they will grid the image 1 inch by 1
inch.
Students will be able to find complementary colors on the color wheel.
Teacher observation
Students will be able to grid an image using a ruler and pencil.
Teacher observation
Day 2- Students will finish gridding small image and begin gridding their larger
paper. Every two inches. One-inch border. Show students how to do a one-inch
border. After the one-inch border and two inch grid is drawn, have students decide
their complementary color scheme. They need to write it on the back so they can
understand the one they have chosen. They can begin coloring. Black for one
color, white for the other.
Students will be able to grid a large paper using a two-inch grid.
Teacher observation
Students will be able to identify the color scheme they plan to use.
Graded on Rubric
Students will be able to use a complementary color scheme.
Graded on Rubric
Day 3- Studio time. work day.
Students will be able to use a complementary color scheme.
Graded on Rubric

Day 4- Studio time. work day.

Students will be able to use a complementary color scheme.
Graded on Rubric

Day 5-Studio time. Outline the pencil lines with sharpie. Turned in at end of hour.
Students will be able to use a complementary color scheme.
Graded on Rubric

Intro to Art/Drawing I
Name:_____________________
Rubric
Student put their name on the project
1..5
Student gridded an optical illusion image 1 x 1.
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Student used their small gridded image to create the larger image.
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Student included a 1 inch border.
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Student used a complementary color scheme and wrote in on the back of project.
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Student used one color for black, one color for white.
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Student outlined the pencil marks in sharpie neatly.
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Content:
- The student visually communicated by incorporating the elements and principles
in works of art.
Color, Pattern/Rhythm
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- The student selected and used images, subjects, and ideas to express meaning
through art.
Optical Illusion
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- The student demonstrated ways in which art concepts are interrelated with nonart disciplines.
How the eye views optical illusions
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Craftsmanship:
-Are there any fingerprints? Is the border clean? How was the sharpie handled?
Are the colors inside the lines? Is one color for black, one for white? And was it
that way all the way through the piece?
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Completion:
-Did the student complete the assignment on time? If the student did not finish on
time, why?
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Comments:

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Drawing I/Intro to Art

Optical Illusion
Using your knowledge of the color wheel, you will create a complimentary colors
optical illusion. You will find an image from the internet of an optical illusion that
uses only black and white. Print it at 5 x 7 inches. Grid it 1 x 1 inch. On your larger
paper, grid it 2 x 2 inches with a 1 inch border (your final piece will be 10 x 14).
Choose a complimentary color scheme, write the two colors on the back of your
paper. One color to represent the black part of your illusion, its compliment to
represent the white of your illusion. After you have it colored, outline the pencil
lines in sharpie.
-Requirements:
1) Name
2) Gridded 5 x 7 black and white optical illusion
3) 1 inch border
4) Complimentary color scheme (and written on back)
5) One color for black, one color for white
6) Outline the pencil in sharpie