Impact of Outdoor Painting on the Color Tone in Students' Paintings

The research is concerned with studying the effect of outdoor drawing on the degree of color in students' drawings. The research was divided into four chapters. The first was concerned with the research methodology, as it included the research problem, its importance and the need for it, in addition to the research objective, which is (identifying the effect of outdoor drawing on the degree of color in students' drawings), and it was specified in the academic year (2023-2024). The chapter concluded with a definition of terms. The second chapter represented the theoretical framework, and consisted of three topics. The first was entitled Color (its nature - characteristics - its relationship to the elements of composition), and the second topic was entitled (Color and its relationship to the foundations of composition in children's drawings). The third topic was entitled (the importance of place and its psychological effect on children's drawings). The chapter concluded with indicators of the theoretical framework. The third chapter specialized in research procedures, which included the research community and the research sample. The researcher relied on a deliberate sample represented by (7) male students and (7) female students. The students drew a topic entitled (A Free Day) in three stages, the first at home, The second is in the classroom, and the third stage is outdoors. The researcher adopted the experimental approach in the process of changing the drawing location, and the method of analyzing the content of students' drawings. The research included a research tool, which was a questionnaire that was presented to a group of experts. The questionnaire was subjected to the factors of validity and reliability. Statistical methods were used to display the tables and analyze the paintings statistically. The fourth chapter represented the results, including the effect of drawing outdoors on the degree of color in students' drawings through the relationship between line and color, as it was at a higher degree outdoors, while it was at a lower degree at home and school, and the conclusions, including: The effect of drawing outdoors led to a positive change in the degree of color in students' drawings. The chapter also included recommendations, suggestions and sources.