In this 30-minute session designed to give you a practical and hands-on introduction to an exercise or approach, Paula Briggs and the AccessArt team show you how you can approach colour mixing in a fun and experimental way.

This recording supports the pathway Expressive Painting in the AccessArt Primary Art Curriculum. In this session, you will explore more intuitive and experimental ways of exploring colour mixing, so that your pupils can gain an understanding of colour theory through experience. Watch along or grab some paint and join in with the exercise.

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Dancing to Art by Tate Gallery

“Corali, a leader in dance created by artists with a learning disability, have worked with Tate since 1998 and are experts in creatively taking up space in our galleries. We invited Paul, Sherri, Bethan and Dj from Corali to design performances in response to four artworks at Tate Britain. We wanted to show what happens when people have the freedom to enjoy the gallery however they want, and how this can open up new ways of responding to art.” – Tate Youtube

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Improvisation 35 (1914) painting by Wassily Kandinsky

Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise (1872) famous painting. Original from Wikimedia Commons.

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