Sara E. Thomas
Once students' drawings are onto canvases we will pause to review color theory. Students will each create an individual color wheel using only the primary colors -- yellow, red and blue, to mix secondary colors -- orange, purple and green. They will then use a primary and a secondary to create a tertiary color in between each -- primary and secondary such as blue--green, yellow--orange, etc. This is an important process for students to go through so that they understand that red is a more powerful color than yellow, so even when you are mixing orange, you are not using equal parts of red and yellow because red is stronger.
