Springtime means painting in my advanced art class and we revisited our color wheels and color mixing! I've found that a color wheel and some practice with color mixing can really help students to create more thoughtful, specific colors in their work. Everyone tried taking at least 9 steps to mix from one primary color to another, adding the darker color to the lighter one and creating tertiary and secondary colors in the process. The second exercise was to create some great earth tones (complementary neutrals) by doing a 9-step mix between complementary colors. Below are some examples of student color wheels and color-mixing exercises as taught to me by the amazing Lena Wolff
