Tints & Shades in a Landscape

Another project I did with 4-6th grade involving tints and shades. We went over how the front layers have more detail, and how things get smaller and more faded as they are further away. Students picked out one color for their artwork and were seated with other students using those same colors. Students added details with crayon/oil pastel after the painting part. To finish, I had the students write a 6-sentence paragraph describing the scene. These turned out so nicely!

Vocabulary:
Monochromatic
Tint
Shade
Perspective
Landscape

Zentangle Portraits: 6th Grade

This project is pretty simple. After drawing self-portraits, students split the hair into sections and added patterns. All pencil lines were traced over with a fine-point black marker. Patterns were not done in pencil first, but rather right away with the marker.