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Objective: To have children create a mixed media painting of a flower bouquet with fabric and paint using tints and shades.
Objective: To have children create a mixed media painting of a flower bouquet with fabric and paint using tints and shades.
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
hue - A pure, unmixed color.
shade - A darker value of a color made by mixing a color with black.
tint - A lighter value of color made by mixing a color with white.
tone - A diffused value of color made by mixing a color with gray.
value - The lightness or darkness of a color.
Light and Dark Colors
Light and Dark Colors
What do these paintings show? Which parts are light colors? The value of a color is how light or dark it is.
A pure, unmixed color is called a hue. Make a tint, or lighter color, by mixing white with a color. Make a shade, or darker color, by mixing a color with black. Make a tone, a diffused color, by mixing a color with gray.
Violet Light by Gustavo
Bouquet and Cat by Suzanne Valadon
Recommended Reading
Recommended Reading
Rainbow Joe and Me by Maria Diaz Strom - Lee & Low, 1999. In stock: curriculum inventory and read-aloud
Studio Time: Flower Bouquet
Studio Time: Flower Bouquet
Materials:
Materials:
Construction Paper, Wallpaper Samples or Fabric, Scissors, Glue Sticks, Tempera Paints, Paint Brushes
Plan
Plan
Think about your favorite flowers.
Check list:
- Cut out a vase and glue on the bottom half of the paper.
- Paint flowers using tints, shades, and tones.
Create
Create
Cut out a vase and glue on the bottom half of the paper.
2. Make tints, shades, and tones. Paint many flowers and leaves.
Challenge: 3D Bouquet
Challenge: 3D Bouquet
Create a painting of a vase and bouquet using tints and shades including a background and shadow.
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