Hi there! Continuous line drawings are one of my favorite ways to start any art course with students over 4th grade. They always come out well, students don't need to "know how to draw", and it's a fantastic way to introduce serious color theory. All around, a win-win-win project.
I begin by going through a powerpoint/SMART presentation about color theory- but just the basics. We discuss the color wheel, and I go through the following terms: analogous, primary, secondary, complementary, warm, and cool colors. I then ask students to create a continuous line drawing around their page, totally filling the space. (Again, depending on age, I may provide more than one example!) Once that's done, students break their page into nine parts, trace lines with sharpie, and color each section (with crayon or colored pencil) according to a different vocabulary term.
Check out one example below, and more in the Student Work section of this blog!
I begin by going through a powerpoint/SMART presentation about color theory- but just the basics. We discuss the color wheel, and I go through the following terms: analogous, primary, secondary, complementary, warm, and cool colors. I then ask students to create a continuous line drawing around their page, totally filling the space. (Again, depending on age, I may provide more than one example!) Once that's done, students break their page into nine parts, trace lines with sharpie, and color each section (with crayon or colored pencil) according to a different vocabulary term.
Check out one example below, and more in the Student Work section of this blog!