Value landscape

Take a glimpse and be inspired by the paintings you could create during your next visit to Pinot's Palette.

I think out of every project I teach - this one has to be one of my absolute favorites. EVERY child is successful on some level.. and each piece of artwork created is gorgeous. This is one of those projects that hangs up in the hallway and gets "oooohhhs" and "aahhhhs" every time a class and/or teachers walk by! :) We begin by looking at my new and improved 'Value PPT'. I sunk like 2 hours into this baby getting it animated and awesome. We talk about value referring to the lightness or…

Atmosferisch perspectief #LandscapeCollage

Monochromatic Landscape Color Value Tints Shades

Monochromatic Landscape Color Value Tints Shades

This project turned out better than I hoped. A few weeks ago, I had the kids paint 4 sheets of paper with dark-light versions of a color. Most people chose purple, blue or green. Those had to dry, so we picked it up a couple weeks later. This lesson involved both color value and the idea of perspective and how distant objects are usually less complex looking and lighter. The kids had to layer their painted papers from light at the top to dark at the bottom. The way they chose to cut and…

Dessin

This handout is designed to give students practice with mixing a monochromatic value scale and applying it in a composition. It also introduces the idea of atmospheric perspective as the background has lighter values than the foreground. This is a great activity for beginning painting students who a...