Tints and Shades

Continuing Our Study of Color

Monochromatic Colors• What are monochromatic colors?

• They are all the colors (tints, shades, and tones) of a single hue.

Let’s Practice…• Museum Conservationists get a piece of white paper

from the yellow bin for each person at your table.• Write your name, date, and period number in the upper

right corner.• Draw 2 tables onto your paper as the picture below.

•Choose a primary hue.

•Fill 2 sections of a white palette with the primary hue.

•Fill 1 section with white.

•Fill 1 section with black.

•Mix white to create a tint and paint it in one space. Continue mixing white to make gradually lighter tints – create 8 in total.

•Do the same with black – create 8 shades in total.

Monochromatic Organic-Shape1) Hold in the portrait position (vertical).

2) Fold your paper in half.

3) Draw an organic shape on one half, filling up most of the space.

4) Draw a geometric shape on the other half, again filling up most of the space.

5) Cut out each shape (recycle the scraps).

6) Put your name, date, and period number on the back of each shape.

7) Choose a primary hue, as we did yesterday, and fill one section of your palette with it (only creating TINTS today).

8) Then fill one section of your palette with white.

9) Then paint your ORGANIC shape with gradually lighter hues.

10) You may work from the outside in, or the inside out.

Monochromatic Geometric-Shape

1) Choose a different primary hue than your tint and fill one section of your palette with it (only creating SHADES today).

2) Then fill one section of your palette with black.

3) Then paint your GEOMETRIC shape with gradually darker hues.

4) You may work from the outside in, or the inside out.