Demonstrate how to pull the brush with the bristles, not against them to keep them aligned.When mixing colors: less paint of each portion, less black and more white keeps control (think of black like pepper where a small dash is plenty, white is like salt where more is alright).Distribute plenty of paper towels for students to clean brushes, NO WATER.Thoroughly mix tints/shades until no streaks remain in the palette, never on the paper.Don’t overload a brush, spread all lumps on the surface smooth before reloading.Ask students to write names on paper before painting starts, after drawing is finished.Remind students not to paint wet sections next to wet sections, but to leave space so colors don’t smear or bleed.Save the black paint for the last part of the lesson.Don’t allow students to add paint to their palettes. Brushes are handed out during the use of brush demonstration. Put rulers, pencils and paper in the center of each table group. Advanced PreparationĬover tables, fill each palette with the chosen hue (in the pictured example it is orange) and white. Not all monochromatic painters used tints and shadesbut this lesson is to introduce the overall concept. Many abstract artists worked with monochromatic color schemes: Josef Albers, Milton Resnick, Ad Reinhardt, Richard Pousette-Dart and Pablo Picassofor example. First presented in 1882 in Paris, monochromatic paintings represented the idea of simplifying elements and stepping away from realistic representation.
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