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Project 13


Exploring Colour with Hester Berry


Teaching Children to See Shapes Objectively by Hester Berry


Introduction to Portraits by Hester Berry

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Students take on the challenge of transforming the studio into their own bluebell forest.

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Mastering colour mixing

Mastering colour mixing

This resource is based on methods shared during an AccessArt InSET session for primary school teachers at New Hall School, Chelmsford, to ultimately enable their pupils to develop colour skills. Teachers explored using their intuition and experience to mix primary colours, creating coloured swatches that matched the colours of spring flowers, whilst comparing painting mediums.


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Colour Wheel for Infants and Juniors

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