Value ice cream cones art lesson

Today, 2nd grade embarked on a new project! New to me and certainly new to them! I saw this awesome idea on Abby Schukei's blog, Art, Eat, Tie Dye, Repeat and decided to give it a go! Here's how we created ours! Materials: 90lb 6x18" paper 6x18" Tru Ray construction paper Crayola oil pastels Fiskar scissors Pencils Big Kid's Choice flat paintbrushes Crayola Artista II tempera paint Day 1: Talk about the Element of Art, VALUE! Value is super duper important, y'all! Value is the lights and…

This is a lesson that I have seen many different places. I decided to try it out on third graders to continue on with color theory. This was a two day lesson. On day one we discussed these terms: Tints=Color + White Shades=Color + Black Value=One color going light to dark Together students drew four ice creams scoops. They then watched me create color tints using white and my chosen color. I stressed the importance of each color looking different. Students experimented with mixing colors and…

Today, 2nd grade embarked on a new project! New to me and certainly new to them! I saw this awesome idea on Abby Schukei's blog, Art, Eat, Tie Dye, Repeat and decided to give it a go! Here's how we created ours! Materials: 90lb 6x18" paper 6x18" Tru Ray construction paper Crayola oil pastels Fiskar scissors Pencils Big Kid's Choice flat paintbrushes Crayola Artista II tempera paint Day 1: Talk about the Element of Art, VALUE! Value is super duper important, y'all! Value is the lights and…

Here's my version of a project that has been doing the rounds on Pinterest for quite some time. You can see another great example of this...

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