xeroxed sheets with a nine box grid ("rule of thirds" diagram), Tempera paints: red, yellow, blue, black, and white, brushes, water cans, sponges
Ralph Fasanella's Happy and Bud Sevice Station, 1970
Distribute sheets with a nine box grid; tempera paint: red, yellow, blue, black, and white, brushes, water cans, sponges. Direct students to paint the center three boxes with the primary colors and to create tints in the box above and shades in the box below.
Display student work. Ask students to notice the wide variety of tints and shades achieved by mixing.
- Select a tint that is extremely light. How did the student mix that color?
- Select a shade that is extremely dark. How did the student mix that color?
- Why is it a good idea to mix your paints?
Ask students to cut out 10 swatches of green (orange or violet) from a magazine. Glue the swatches in order from light to dark on white paper.
Ask students to investigate the different ways that one color can appear by cutting out at least 10 examples of one color found in magazines and pasting them on one page.