Overview
Students will learn how to use composition, scale, and value to create still life drawings.
Grade Level
1-5
Media
Tempera Paint
Lessons
Materials and Tools
- Tempera paint (red, yellow, and blue)
- Trays
- Water bowls
- 1” flat paintbrushes
- Paper towels
- 12 x 18” paper
- Plastic cups
- Table coverings
Objectives
Students will understand that:
- How a paintbrush is held, along with speed and movement, effects the marks, lines, and shapes produced.
- Freeform shapes are different from geometric shapes.
- Mixing primary colors creates secondary colors.
- Adding white to a color creates a tint.
- Mixing different combinations of the primary colors creates browns.
Students will be able to:
- Hold a paintbrush in various ways to create different effects, lines, and shapes.
- Paint a variety of freeform and geometric shapes.
- Mix colors to make secondary colors, tints, and browns.
Resources
Credits
Tempera Painting Exploration
Written by Nicola Giardina, Director of Teaching and Learning, with support from Andrea Burgay, Associate Director
Studio in a School NYC
Hasna Muhammad, Ed.D., Chair, Board of Directors, Studio in a School Association
Alison Scott-Williams, President, Studio in a School NYC
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