One arts standard for elementary
students is to learn to tint colors. My kids seemed to really enjoyed
seeing how many colors they could make by just mixing yellow, red,
orange and white together.
SESSION ONE: I made an egg template page (downloadable HERE) and
gave one to each student along with white, yellow, red and orange
tempera paint. They were
instructed to see how many different colors they could make – all were
to have some amounts of white in them. The eggs and background were
painted.
SESSION TWO: Students were
allowed to draw designs on their eggs with oil pastels, but they were to
keep the same color palate as before. In other words, they were limited
to the paint colors of red, yellow and orange. This repetition
of colors makes the painting more harmonious to the eye when complete.