Scenic Painting

OBJECTIVE

Students will be introduced to the concepts of color and recognize the basics of scenic painting, including:

• What is color?
• What is paint?
• The tools of the trade.
• How do we paint?

VOCABULARY

Color Mixing, Hue, Intensity. Value Tints, Shades, Primary Color, Secondary Color, Warm, Cool, Complementary, Analogous, Rainbow.

UTAH CORE STANDARDS

L1.T.CR.1
L1.T.CR.6
L1.T.P.7
L1.T.R.8

INTENDED AUDIENCE

9th - 12th Grade Technical Theatre Students

TIME

45 — 60 minutes

MATERIALS

• Computer

• Projection screen 

• Internet access

• Color Wheel

• Paint Chips from a paint store in a variety of primary color hues, tints, and shades.

• Scenic Painting Presentation

• Definitions of Color Vocabulary Reference

• Explore the Website All Our Favorite Ways to Teach Color Theory in One Place! for activities.

• Painting Tools

  • Brushes (A variety of brushes)
  • Chalk line, wood graining tool, Hudson sprayer
  • Paint roller and frame, sponge (s)

• Media for students to color on the Activity Handouts on Color Theory

  • Colored pencils, crayons, markers, etc.

• Activity Handouts on Color Theory from Awesome Artists

  • ABCs of Art - Booklet Black and White Activity Handout on-page

    • ABCs of Art Color Theory Handout

  • ABCs of Art - Booklet Colored Activity Sheets for Instruction

OUTLINE

1.  HOOK
   Provide a bundle of paint chips to each student or a group of students to use in the activity in a variety of primary color hues, tints, and shades.
   Call out the following terms while students use the paint chips to demonstrate knowledge in a formative activity. What is:

   1. Hue, Tint, shade
   2. Primary Color, Secondary Color, Warm, Cool, Complementary, Analogous, Rainbow

2. TRANSITION
   Play Video Color Theory Practice With Rosco Scenic Sets (10:21 minutes)

3. INSTRUCTION
   Begin Scenic Painting Presentation

   Using the presentation and the paint chips, teach the following concept:

   1. How Does Color Work?
   2. Definitions of color
   3. Color mixing
   4. What is paint?
   5. Brushes and Tools
   6. Cleaning

4. ACTIVITY
   Using the ABCs of Art - Booklet, instruct students to use the media to complete the ABCs of Art Color Theory Handout.

ASSESSMENT

Students turn in ABC’s of Art activity to be graded with a rubric.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE

Video: Color Theory Practice With Rosco Scenic Sets
Rosco Paint site with great instructional aids

Article: Painting the scene
EdTA Article