LO:To analyse the effect of colour in David Hockney’s paintings to improve creative

writing.By the end of the lesson you will have:Level 4

identified how colour creates description

Level 5/6analysed how

colour highlights

certain details

Level 7linked the use of colour with

emotional effects

Using colour to make our writing sparkle

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How does this colour make you feel?

How does this colour make you feel?

How does this colour make you feel?

How does this colour make you feel?

TASK ONEStick your picture in the middle of your page and pick out using labels and notes…

–What colours have been used– How they make the reader feel–What they tell us about the setting– Give your picture a title

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splash = lighter blue + fine white lines against turquoise

yellow diving board stands out against turquoise water

the climate is sunny- suggested by color

and light. Blue cloudless sky. Palm

trees.

Title: ‘A Bigger Splash’

cobalt blue, ultramarine

blue

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Swimming pool is pink

Blue sky There are loads of green trees

I would give this picture the title, ‘A

Swimming Pool’ because it’s got a

swimming pool on it

TASK TWO• Complete a PEE paragraph about your

picture using these sentence starters

– The writer uses colour in this picture to…– Some example of colours used are…– There is also a …. that shows…– These are there to make the reader think

that…– They tell the reader that …

Peer AssessWhat works well… I like how you have used words like turquoise to describe the particular shade of blueEven better if…. Can you give your picture a title with some explanation. E.g. I would give this picture the title, ‘A Bigger Splash’ because …

Level 5 Level 6You have made well chosen references to colour(The blue of the sky matches the blue of the swimming pool)You have distinguished between shades of colour (light blue; dark blue)You have described how the use of colour makes you feel (The bright blue makes me feel happy)

You provide some contrast between the ways colour is used (The blue of the sky contrasts with the turquoise of the pool)You have used effective adjectives to describe colour (turquoise, cobalt)You have described how the use of colour affects the reader’s emotions (The first thing that strikes you is the vibrancy of the colours Hockney has used. The bold, striking blue …)

It’s quite a good picture of a swimming pool and a sky. Both the swimming pool and the sky are blue. The diving board is yellow and the trees are brown and green and tall.

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A yellow diving board juts out of the margin into the paintings’ foreground and stands out dramatically against the turquoise water of the pool. The splash is represented by areas of lighter blue combined with fine white lines on the monotone turquoise which creates the sense of movement. I would give this picture the title, ‘A Bigger Splash’ because although it is absent of any person it seems to capture that liberating moment of jumping into a swimming pool.

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