Painting skills are something that I find most middle schoolers lack... From not knowing how much paint to put in the palette, to how to hold a paint brush.. their skill set is atrocious.
I saw a version of this project on Pinterest and decided to give it a try with my 7th graders.
This project (just like all projects) begain with a prezi. Students are required to write down notes (the words which are red) as we go through the presentation.
http://prezi.com/vhyjfithtlkv/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Next came some practice with Tints and Shades.
- Students were given white, black and one color of paint.
- They drew a rectangle in their notebook and divided it into thirds.
- They had to label the middle one with M, the left with L and the right with D (light, medium and dark)
- They started with their regular color and painted it in the medium.
- Next they mixed white with their medium color to create a tint (which required a demonstration as many students tried to mix it on the paper *lacking paint skills*)
- Lastly, they cleaned their brush (to avoid producing a tone) and mixed black and their medium color to create a shade.
- I had them do this with all of the 6 colors I offered so they could see which one they liked best.
Day two we began with a video demonstration :
This is the template I created:
After allowing them to complete that portion, we watched my next demo video:
Lastly before painting, I gave them this handout to help them to understand how to label their painting.
After reminding them time and time again to paint sloooooowly and carefully.. they were off! A few days later, I have some wonderful paintings for the art show next weekend!
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