Week 1: Authors communicate through words - artists communicate through colours.
I feel very fortunate this week after launching a six week partnership with a Leeds primary school. Working with twelve of Year 4's finest, we will be exploring the creative processes of authors and artists using as a stimulus, The Island by Armin Greder.
The book's beautiful but haunting pictures provide the perfect context for discussing how illustrators use colour to develop and change the mood of a text.
Children discussed the emotions associated with primary and secondary colours and were surprised to discover they have both negative and positive connotations.
Using Rothko's colour panels as a guide, the first group developed 'mood boards' using warm and cool colours. I was impressed with how they could discuss the significance of the colours they had chosen.
The second group went further and used colours to indicate the changing mood of the characters as the story progressed. It was incredible to hear them using these simple but effective guides to narrate a complex tale.
Looking forward to next week's session.
I feel very fortunate this week after launching a six week partnership with a Leeds primary school. Working with twelve of Year 4's finest, we will be exploring the creative processes of authors and artists using as a stimulus, The Island by Armin Greder.
The book's beautiful but haunting pictures provide the perfect context for discussing how illustrators use colour to develop and change the mood of a text.
Children discussed the emotions associated with primary and secondary colours and were surprised to discover they have both negative and positive connotations.
Using Rothko's colour panels as a guide, the first group developed 'mood boards' using warm and cool colours. I was impressed with how they could discuss the significance of the colours they had chosen.
Year 4's Rothko-esque colour mood boards |
Coloured stripes indicate mood changes in the story. The thickness of a stripe varies by the intensity of the emotion. |
Looking forward to next week's session.