Young Artists, ages 8 to 12, real life, colour and artists
Colour Lab
The colour wheel, warm and cool, complements, tints and shades, and colour for mood.
- Level
- Easy to intermediate
- Lessons
- 6 in 4 units
- Time
- 1.5 hours of lessons
- Pace
- About three weeks
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The goal
What you’ll be able to draw
Colour with coloured pencils on purpose: the colour wheel, warm and cool, complementary colours, tints and shades, layering and blending, and colour for mood.
How you’ll see the progress
An apple coloured at the start and at the end, and colour-goal checks on the colouring pages.
Skills
- Colour
- Light and shadow
Pictures you’ll make
- Three-Colour Challenge Project
4 units, 6 lessons
The syllabus
Unit 1 is free for everyone, so you can see how it feels first.
- 2 then and now
- 2 checkpoint
- 1 concept
- 1 project
- Free
Unit 1
The colour wheel
Primaries, secondaries and the colours in between, by layering.
- 01 Then: Colour an Apple Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 2
Contrast
Opposites that make each other brighter, and shadows that are not black.
Lessons for this unit are on their way.
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Unit 3
Colour tricks
Colours change with their neighbours, and every colour has a value.
- 01 Which Is Lighter? Concept, 4 min Concept 4 min
- 02 Show What You Learned Checkpoint, 10 min Checkpoint 10 min
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Unit 4
Your palette
A warm sky over a cool sea, and a picture from three pencils.
- 01 Three-Colour Challenge Project, 40 min Project 40 min
- 02 Now: Colour an Apple Then and now, 10 min Then and now 10 min
When you finish
A certificate for the fridge
Finish every lesson and Lapis makes a certificate to print or download, with the nickname, the course, the date and a drawing from it. Children get one too.
Lapis certificate
Colour Lab
finished by
your nickname
and the date you finish
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