Student Work

My Art 1 class is finishing up a unit on color theory.

Our culminating project is the cleverly titled Color Pattern Project.

Students have the freedom to select a pattern of their choice

as long as it is repetitive and has at least three colors.

Students glue a small section of the pattern to their paper

and then continue the pattern by redrawing it with accurate proportions

 on the remainder of their paper.

From there they section their paper into 5 (roughly) equal sections.

Each section is an exploration in color mixing

(they are only given the primary colors, black, and white)

and understanding the properties of value and intensity.

The students always use thier original pattern as their guide

when they complete the sections as follows:

Section 1: Match the original

Section 2: Complementary colors

Section 3: Low Intensity

Section 4: Math the original

Section 5: Grayscale

Accomodation for student with special needs: use a monochromatic pattern
and colored pencils rather than paint