Monochromatic Still Life's-color theory extension

4th grade students were introduced to the still-life. A still-life is something that an artist sets up as a reference to draw or paint what he or she sees. We google searched still life drawings and paintings and discussed the differences and similarities amongst the ones we had seen. We also looked into the artist Pablo Picasso, who created monochromatic paintings depending on his emotion. The students were given the choice of a still-life to draw that was displayed on their tables. The students sketch out exactly what they are seeing in the still life in a contour line drawing onto bristol board. Using their knowledge of the color wheel, the students will then create a monochromatic painting, using tints and shades created by mixing one single color and gradually adding black and white to the color. 

Learning Objectives: Art History, still-life preparation and drawing, monochromatic painting, tints, shades.

ART WORDS:
Tint: Adding white to a color to create different varieties of that color.
Shade: adding black to a color to create different varieties of that color.