🌈 Sparrows Class Paint with Emotion: Learning About Hot and Cold Colours

Feb 6th

🎨 Hot & Cold Colours: Sparrows Explore Feelings Through Art

Sparrows Class continued their exciting work on colour exploration in Art today. The children revisited hot and cold colours, sharing thoughtful ideas about the different feelings and moods these colours can represent. Together, they talked about how colours can feel calm or energetic, peaceful or powerful, and how artists use colour to tell a story without words.
Using the colour mixing skills they have been developing throughout this unit, the children then created their own hot and cold paint palettes. They carefully experimented with mixing shades, noticing how a small drop of one colour could completely change the effect.
To bring all their learning together, the children produced a final painting divided into two halves — one side using cold colours and the other using hot or warm colours to clearly show the contrast between the two. The results were striking, and each child’s artwork was wonderfully individual. Here are some of our creations.

“It’s been wonderful to see the children grow in confidence as artists,” said Miss Corrigan. “They are not just learning about colour; they’re learning to express their ideas and feelings through their work. I’m so proud of how thoughtfully they approached today’s lesson and how beautifully they encouraged one another.”

Miss Corrigan

At St Peter’s, this learning in Art helps our children to Love, Learn, Shine — loving the creative process, learning new skills step by step, and shining by proudly sharing their artwork with others.

Try This at Home – Simple Follow-Up Ideas 🎨

If you would like to build on today’s learning at home, here are a few easy ideas:
  • Colour Hunt Around the Home
    Go on a hot and cold colour hunt together.
    • Ask: Can you find five “hot” colours in our home? What about five “cold” colours?
    • You could even make two little collections or photograph what you find and talk about how each colour makes you feel.
  • Hot & Cold Drawing Challenge
    Provide paper and colouring pencils/crayons. Ask your child to:
    • Draw a picture using only cold colours on one half of the page.
    • Draw a picture using only hot colours on the other half.
      Encourage them to explain which side feels calm and which side feels lively or exciting.
  • Feelings & Colours Chat
    Have a short conversation about emotions:
    • If “happy” were a colour, what would it be?
    • What colour might “calm” be? What about “excited” or “tired”?
      This helps children connect their Art learning with their emotional understanding.
  • Kitchen Colour Mixing (No Paint Needed!)
    If you prefer not to use paints, try mixing safe kitchen items:
    • Water with a drop of food colouring
    • Different juices (e.g. orange and blackcurrant squash)
      Talk about how the colours change as you mix them, just like in Art.
  • Gallery Time
    Give your child a special moment to shine by displaying their artwork at home:
    • Put their hot/cold colour painting on the fridge or a noticeboard.
    • Invite them to be the “artist” and explain their choices of colours to you, just as they might in a gallery.

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