Lesson 1: Tints and shades
Analysing different painting techniques, comparing paintings by artists according to elements such as texture or colour and practising creating tints and shades when colour mixing.
Learning objective
To understand how to darken or lighten a colour when mixing paint.
Success criteria
I can add white paint to one colour to create a tint.
I can add black paint to one colour to create a shade.
I can investigate creating a wide range of colours by mixing tints and shades.
Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall:
How to use shapes to build initial sketches.
How to mix colours with natural pigments to make natural colours.
How to select equipment or paint to recreate specific features.
Before starting this unit you might want to check children can recall:
How to use shapes to build initial sketches.
How to mix colours with natural pigments to make natural colours.
How to select equipment or paint to recreate specific features.
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: 'Mont Saint-Victoire' by Paul Cezanne. Ask individual children to come to the board and identify a dark green or light green. Ask how they would mix a dark green colour, or a light green colour. They may well suggest adding water, adding yellow, white, blue or black.
Display slide 1 of the Presentation: 'Mont Saint-Victoire' by Paul Cezanne. Ask individual children to come to the board and identify a dark green or light green. Ask how they would mix a dark green colour, or a light green colour. They may well suggest adding water, adding yellow, white, blue or black.
Presentation: 'Mont Saint-Victoire' by Paul Cezanne
Display slide 2 which introduces the terms tint and shade. To check their understanding, challenge individual children to come to the board and identify a green tint or a green shade from the Cezanne painting on slide 1.
Model yourself or use the Pupil video: Tints and shades to demonstrate colour mixing tints and shades.
Ask the children to carry their sketchbooks around the classroom and try to find someone else who has mixed the same (or almost the same) tint or shade of a colour. Tell them to stand by that person once they think they have found a match. Alternatively, children could sit beside someone who has started with a very similar colour and try to identify the closest matching colour in both their sketchbooks.
Example work
Cliff Lane Primary School, Ipswich
Cliff Lane Primary School, Ipswich
Horncastle Primary School, Lincolnshire
Horncastle Primary School, Lincolnshire
Horncastle Primary School, Lincolnshire
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
Montem Academy, Slough
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