Painting With Primary Colors | How-to Montessori Art Ideas With Early Childhood

Painting With Primary Colors | How-to Montessori Art Ideas With Early Childhood, spramani elaun

Painting With Primary Colors | What to start with?

Sometimes I get a lot of questions from teachers and parents wanting to know which colors they should first introduce to their students. So, I often recommend starting with primary colors red, yellow, and blue (water-soluble mediums). 

Just start with these three primary colors if your student is new to painting. Learning to mix primary hues can teach lots of valuable secondary mixing lessons. 

A book I published a couple of years back called  Kids Color Theory is available in my store, and a recently designed Kids Color Theory Curriculum is now available too. You can order both in digital form or paperback copy here.

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Kids Color Theory Book
Painting With Primary Colors | How-to Montessori Art Ideas With Early Childhood

Primary hues can come in lots of different mediums.

If you look at my pictures I have primary hues in all of these mediums which can be used to teach color theory:

  • Acrylic
  • Watercolor
  • Watercolor crayons
  • Watercolor pencils

As you can see, there are many options to choose from. Many are available in my store.

I review each one of these mediums in my book Kids Color Theory and how they work.

Painting With Primary Colors | How-to Montessori Art Ideas With Early Childhood

Painting with primary colors is a lot of fun. My book will show you how you can teach your students primaries. It will show how they can mix their own secondary colors, and fun value color mixing ideas. In my Montessori Color Mixing Curriculum, I have over 37 color mixing lessons you can follow. Check out my color mixing curriculum here.

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Painting With Primary Colors | How-to Montessori Art Ideas With Early Childhood

Excerpt from Kids Color Theory Book:

Water Tub Primary Color Play

Water tub color play evolved many years ago for me when introducing toddlers to primary color lessons. Watching the children, I noticed children getting transfixed on colors when pouring from bowl to bowl.

They became delighted when colors transformed into another different hue. Then, I even witnessed toddlers try to correct the colors by pouring other combinations of colors together.

Toddlers were no longer distracted by their surroundings and became totally absorbed by these color transformations. It was exciting to notice calmness and relaxation set in with the children as they painted. Although I knew they were not mixing colors intentionally, they were processing discovery. And, they knew something was happening because of their actions. Order my book Kids Color Theory Curriculum to help you teach your kids about primary colors while having fun!

Spramani Elaun

Order Primary Color Mixing Paint HERE!

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