Lesson Plan: Space and Value

Mountain Splendor: Santa Rosa Range

Helen Hodge

Oil paint, canvas

TSCPL Permanent Collection

Title

Space and Value

Grade

1st - 5th grade

Objectives

1. To understand one method of creating a space in 2-D art
2. Learn to mix a series of values with paint
3. Develop skills working with a brush and paint

Vocabulary

• Value - The lightness or darkness of tones or colors
• Tints- a mixture of a color with white which reduces darkness
• Space -An element of art by which a sense of depth is achieved in a work of art

Supplies

• Acrylic paint
• Paint shirts
• Brushes
• Water cups
• Paper
• Pencils
• Palettes/mixing tray
• Paint mixing sticks/palette knives

Procedure

1. Look at artwork posters and talk about it in vocabulary terms.
2. In pencil, draw 4 layers of a land or city-scape.
3. Choose one color for the first or last layer. Mix two increasingly lighter tints with white for the middle layers.  Use white or leave the white paper for the last layer.
4. Paint at the farthest back (the sky) to front (the part of the paper that is closest to you) starting with the lightest.

Reflection

Talk about the artworks:

• What title would you give your artwork?
• What did you like best about making this artwork?
• What is most successful about your piece?
• What would you do differently next time?

Assessment

1. Participants should be able to use art terms.
2. Participants should be able to explain how they created a sense of space in their composition.

KSDE Visual Art Standards

VA:Re7.1.3

Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art.

VA:Cr2.1.5

Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.