Kg. Mood Paintings

This project is another one for the annual Picture The Music Art Competition for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.  Here, I wanted to focus solely on color & its relation to feelings or moods.  So, after listening to our selected music, I had each student think of only 1 color that they think would best match the song.  Then, we drew an abstract drawing on the paper using a variety of lines & shapes.  Next, I showed the students how to mix their colors into each space.  They painted each space a different tint or shade of their color.  I know tints & shades are a little deep for Kg's, but I figured the process of mixing the colors to make them darker and lighter is more important here rather than focusing on the technical terms.  So, I think they turned out pretty well...what do you think?

Penda's painting

Corey's painting

Jared's painting

Monrey's painting

 Mackenzie's painting

City at Day, City at Night

This project was a great way to introduce my 4th graders to mixing tints and shades to create value.  We had been working for several weeks on mixing colors to create a color wheel and a monochromatic painting and now we were ready for tints and shades.  First, we drew mirror images of a city and painted one city using tints and the other city using shades.  The best part was adding the gold glitter in the night sky when their cities were completed.  I find that a little glitter can be a great motivator to finish a project!