Monochromatic Project

I've found this is a great project for teaching shades and tints, and get my students consider the value scale in everyday life and images!

Objectives & Standards: Students will be able to create a monochromatic composition using value and understanding tinting and shading. Students will be able to complete their design using appropriate materials (acrylic paint). (Intro to Media Art #3, 8, 9, & 10)

Procedures:
We first review ideas from our color theory lesson closer to the beginning of the year. Students will reflect on a work of art (Picasso’s The Old Guitarist) and consider how color affects the work of art. Would it be different if it were a different color? They will also reflect on two of the same images in different colors in groups, coming up with as many ideas as they can in the time allotted. We will list these similarities and differences on the board. I will explain the project outline to them, and show them some examples of what I am looking for in their final product. We will then create a value scale, and I will take the students through this step by step, so that they should have an 8 tone scale of the color mixed with white, and an 8 tone scale of the color mixed with black. Students will choose what image they want to create from photos taken on their cell phones. They will upload it to google classroom so that I can review and reference them. Once that is completed, I will give them mixed media paper and they can work on the final project. 
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