Visual Arts - NCCA

Exemplar 2: Visual Arts
Guidelines Mild General learning disabilities / Visual Arts / PRIMARY
Strands: Paint and colour/Print Theme: Making marks Level: 1
Information
A unit of work for students at the early scribbling stage
The student should be enabled to
• explore and experiment with paint in primary colours
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use paint on a variety of surfaces
identify and name the primary colours
see that some colours are made by mixing two colours together
begin to understand the consistency and characteristics of paint.
Stimulus Language
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Talk about the colours we see around us everyday,
such as colours we like to wear, our favourite
colours, colours in food, etc.
Create colour displays in the classroom.
Play colour sorting games.
Organize colour days, for example a day when
everyone wears red, a day where all our writing
must be in red, a day when everything we eat must
contain something red.
Read stories and poems about colour.
Activity
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There is a wealth of language development
possible in this area. Naming, sorting and
matching colours require quite specific language
from the student, for example
– the colour of objects
– the names of the primary colours
– different kinds of (tones) of one colour
– colour association, for example red as the
symbol for danger.
> Fold a sheet of paper in two and open it out again.
> On one half of the page the student can paint thick blobs of paint/printing ink or can squeeze out drops of
paint/ink from the container.
> Fold the page over again and rub the two halves with the back of a soup spoon or with a roller.
> When the page is reopened the paint blobs will have merged together and will create a mirror image.
> Talk about the colours and shapes you have created.
> Talk about what your picture reminds you of.
Assessment
• Can the student name the colour of an object?
• Can the student name the primary colours?
• Does the student understand that mixing colours makes a new colour?
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Can the student select some favourite samples of his/her fold over paintings/prints for inclusion in a portfolio
or for display purposes?
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