This week 4th grade will start their Spooky Sky value paintings!
Here's how we created ours!
Materials:
Value is the element of art that has to do with the lights and darks of a color.
In this painting, I only used purple, white, and black to create it. When you add white to a color, that creates a tint. When you add black to a color, that creates a shade. (think dark like a shadow, to remember it!) After my background was dry, I went back and painted the fence, tree, and animals in my picture. The students will choose what color they will use for their background, and will choose what outdoor subject matter to place in the foreground.
Day 1: We will talk about Value, and I'll demonstrate how to mix paint to create tints and shades. We will be using liquid tempera paint, and Crayola Artista II is our favorite! We'll start with a plain white circle, then paint a white circle around it. They will add just a couple of Q-tip dots of their color to create the first tint. Then, they'll paint a new white circle around that one, and add a few more dots of paint to the next circle and do this for a little over half of the paper. When they are done with their tints, I will pass out the black and they can make a few bands of shades of their color. You don't need many, and black goes a long way!
Day 2: I'll go over how to create a "Y" tree to put on their finished background. They've been doing these since they were in K, but they will still need a refresher and some have never seen how to do it before. A "Y" tree starts off as a big Y, and you add "v's" to the end of each new branch to create another Y. After you have quite a few branches, you go back and add a few more to create an even better tree! We'll be using black tempera cakes for this. I'll show them how to add a few animals and a fence.
Here's some awesome art from Mrs. Fambrough's class!
Great job!!
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| He said his tree looks like an Elvis scarecrow, and I think so too! I like how he took what he thought was a mistake and turned it into a happy accident! Great job! Here are a few from Dr. Fambrough's class!   |
