Sensory Colors Unit Overview
The act of blending and mixing colors is often regarded as a purely visual experience. So for students who prefer, or rely on sensory stimulation over optical engagement in their art-making, color theory is not a particularly enticing topic. A continual challenge of all educators, especially those in the arts, is finding methods that connect students to the curriculum and enable them to learn in the way that best suits their abilities, styles and comfort zones.
We want our students to be able to experience color as more than pigments on the page. Through these lessons students will engage in physical manipulation of color in different medias in order to better understand the way pigments interact, and how hues, tints and shades are created. The sensory stimulation provided in these activities are designed to engage students who may experience different levels of visual impairments that typically prevent them from gaining interest in lessons related to color. These experiments will also build student knowledge base about materials and textures as they explore different medias and techniques for understanding color interactions.
We want our students to be able to experience color as more than pigments on the page. Through these lessons students will engage in physical manipulation of color in different medias in order to better understand the way pigments interact, and how hues, tints and shades are created. The sensory stimulation provided in these activities are designed to engage students who may experience different levels of visual impairments that typically prevent them from gaining interest in lessons related to color. These experiments will also build student knowledge base about materials and textures as they explore different medias and techniques for understanding color interactions.
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