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Art and design

Lesson 2: Painting: Tints and shades - Option 2: Christmas themed

Learning that a 'tint' is made by adding white to a colour and a 'shade' by adding black, pupils mix colours to paint a Christmas-themed template, working across the image from light to dark and completing a contrasting background.

Learning objective

  • To know how to create tint and shade of a colour

National curriculum

Pupils should be taught:

  • To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space

Success criteria

Cross-curricular links

Before the lesson

Download and print classroom resources

Attention grabber

Main event

Differentiation

Pupils needing extra support: May struggle to paint neatly and blend tones from dark to light, encourage them to practise first. They may need to complete all the colour mixing first to have a palette ready to use before applying it to their work.  

Pupils working at greater depth: Should be encouraged to repeat this process with another colour, and can create their own Christmas shapes, or Christmas scenes to apply this technique to.

Wrapping up

Assessing pupils' progress and understanding

Vocabulary

Created by:
Kapow Primary, 
Art and Design specialist
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