Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Monochromatic Landscape Paintings


 Monochromatic Landscape Paintings

By the Fifth and Sixth Grade classes

 

 

Students learned to create original monochromatic landscape painting compositions using atmospheric perspective techniques. Students developed their understanding and use of acrylic paint and brush control to mix and apply tints, tones and shades.

 





Vocabulary

Color- A component of light which is separated when it is reflected off of an object.

Monochrome- Using 1 color, or different values of 1 color.

Value- How light or dark a color is.

Shade- Adding black to make darker values of a color.

Tint- Adding white to a color to make lighter values of a color.

Space- Areas around, between or within components of a piece of art.

Atmospheric Perspective- Creating a landscape that seems to disappear by making colors get lighter as they get farther away.

Depth- Appearing 3-dimensional.

 

Elements and Principles

Space

Value

Color

Unity

Emphasis

 

 


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