3: Roaring Colors

The third graders started to learn about value and tints. We practiced these skills by making a value scale, and identifying different tints of specific colors. Then I walked the students through how to draw a realistic lion head. The students then used chalk pastels to color their lion heads and to use different tints and shades. We set aside the realistic lion heads for a class period, and the students got to express themselves by painting an abstract painting. This painting was then cut into strips and applied to the realistic lion head to make an abstract lion mane!