Colour mixing for the garden | Art and design | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these colours can you mix to make orange paint?

red and yellow ✓

red and blue

blue and yellow
Which of these materials do you think might feel soft?

wool ✓

stone

paper
What is a “reduction drawing”?

drawing a shape and then making parts of it lighter ✓

drawing lots of bright shapes at once

drawing many lightly coloured pictures of the same thing
What are the three secondary colours?

'orange, purple and green' ✓

Colours can only be mixed with wet paint.

True
False ✓
What other materials do you need to be able to paint with powder paint?

water ✓

pencils

petroleum jelly ✓
Artists might have to try several times to match a colour.

True ✓
False
Put the steps in the correct order to create a flower artwork with dry paint.

1

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Use petroleum jelly and your finger to create an image of a flower.

2

⇔

Choose two primary colours to mix for your flower.

3

⇔

Sprinkle on the powder paint to mix the colours.

4

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Shake off the excess powder paint to reveal your artwork.

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Artists can always match colours on the first attempt.

Remind children that it can take an artist several tries to make the correct colour. By practicing colour mixing, artists can improve over time.

Match - mixing paint so that it looks the same as the colours we observe
Powder paint - a dry, colourful powder that can be mixed with water to make paint
Petroleum jelly - a thick, greasy substance