3rd Grade Home Lesson - Week 2

Hello FMS Students and Family Members,

As you know we are going to be out of school for longer than we thought. I will be posting lessons here once a week. I hope you are all making the best out of this strange situation and being safe.

Today I want to teach you about value, yet another one of those words that has multiple meanings! In art, value means the lightness or darkness of a color. For this lesson you will need a piece of paper and a pencil. If you want to use a colored pencil you may, but please limit yourself to one color for at least the first part of this project.

Start by drawing a shape. This can be a simple shape like a square or rectangle, or more complex like a shark.

Next use lines to split this shape into three zones, or shapes with in the shape.

Then, pushing down hard, make one of the shapes within the shape you created as dark as you can make it.

Now, with very light pressure, color in one zone of your shape as lightly as you can. Try to only use your eraser if you have to.

Your next step is to color in the remaining step so that the value is somewhere between your darkest and your lightest value. How did you do this?

At this point you could be done or you could add whatever kind of details you want to finish your piece. Be creative!

Thanks 3rd Graders, share your work with me by posting it to our padlet:

    https://padlet.com/gmcginty1/3ejyv7bove4z