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Course: Painting
Monochrome Painting
Medium: Acrylic
Duration: 6 days
Materials
Sketchbooks
HB Pencils
8x10 Canvas Board
16x20 Canvas
Chalk Pastel
Acrylic Brushes
Acrylic Paint
(White, Blue, Red, Yellow, Burnt Umber)
Objectives
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Students will learn how to create a chromatic black from primary colors
and a mixture of blue and brown.
Students will use their chromatic black and white to create a value scale.
Students will learn to blend the chromatic black and white to create
blended forms in a still life painting.
Elements of Art
Value, Form, Space
Art Production
Day 1 45minutes
Demonstrate: Mixed Black
Show students how to mix a black: Burnt Umber + Blue
Show students how to mix a black: Primary Colors
Add white to show undertones of each black and how to adjust.
Guided Practice: Value Scale
Using one of the mixing methods, create a black for your value scale.
On the left of your canvas board paint a swatch of this black.
On the right paint a swatch of pure white.
Combine the two (white and black) evenly to make a mid-tone.
Finish your value scale by creating three different levels of shade and
tint. For shading gradually add a little more black to the mid-tone. For
tinting gradually add more white to the mid-tone.
Principles of Design
Contrast, Harmony
Vocabulary
Value: the lightness or darkens of a tone
or color.
Tint: any color + white, highlights
Shade: any color + black, shadows
Day 2 45minutes
Demonstrate: Blending & Form
Show students how to blend values to create form in still life painting.
Guided Practice: Small Canvas Board
Create a monochromatic sphere using the blending techniques shown.
Day 2 45minutes
Independent Practice:
Create a well-blended monochromatic value for each of your forms in
the still life.
Be sure to pay attention to the difference in color for the objects and
how that affects your shading. Ex. A white object will never be as
dark, even in shadow, as a black object.
Monochrome Painting
Art History/Resources
Yellow Base Apple Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik2g
wIAgS1U
Time Lapse Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5
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Blending:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2D
nhOI_x7Q
Independent Practice:
Create a well-blended monochromatic value for each of your forms in
the still life.
DAY 4 Verbal Critique: Discuss and critique in progress still life as a
class. (Last 15 minutes)
DAY 6 Verbal Critique: Discuss and critique finished still life as a
class. (Last 15 minutes)
Modifications/Notes
Provide detailed videos via Google
Classroom/Website for reference.
Aesthetic Questions
-Do you find that some either highlights or shadows are more difficult for you?
-Do you think that the undertone of the painting can affect how the colors
mood of the final colored painting?
Evaluation Criteria
CONTENT
CREATIVITY
Student
demonstrates
understanding of
correct brush
handling, basic value
scales, and blending..
Student included all
required objects and
concepts outlined in
each assignment.
1
CRAFTSMANSHIP
Student
experimented with
various values and
chromatic blacks in
their monochrome
painting.
Student created
distinct and
interesting forms in
their painting.
COMPLETION:
Student completed
each step of the
project within
designated class
periods.
Student completed
all assigned tasks for
this project including
verbal and written
critiques.
1
TOTAL: __ / 20 pts.
COMMENTS:
Monochrome Painting