3rd Grade reviews how to mix secondary colors, and learns how to mix tertiary colors to paint the beautiful glass on our Tiffany Lamps!
I have never seen one myself until the other day - made me want to have one for my home! These little colorful lamps are so beautiful when lit up. Often they are rimmed with fruit, geometric patterns, dragonflies and other beautiful details.
For this project, we looked at large sized pictures of Tiffany Lamps. I briefly told the classes that a Tiffany Lamp is called this because the lamp shade itself is used with glass designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tiffany lamps are considered part of the Art Nouveau movement. (We talked about this on week 2 of this project).
We started with a guided contour drawing using oil pastel on white 12 x 18 paper. We then started to review mixing secondary colors: orange, violet and green, using Jazz Tempura paint (a thicker, tempura with a gloss additive). I made 2 very nifty charts (one for secondary and one for tertiary colors) that show the ratio of red to yellow paint to make orange, for example. Using the charts we learned how to mix secondary colors with primary colors to make tertiary colors.
Students were then free to paint their lamp shade according to their visions.
Week 2, we cut out our lamps and glued them to a medium brown 12x18" paper. I brought a few images taken from a wall calendar of Art Nouveau wallpaper patterns. We discussed the distinct style of Art Nouveau in the 2D spectrum: undulating, flowing, dynamic lines with a certain rhythm - often incorporating botanical inspirations.
From tese visual aides, students drew their wallpaper designs using oil pastels.
