Tints & Shades

Today’s class topic was tints and shades. We divided the class into two parts. In the first 30-40 minutes we introduced the concepts of monotone painting, tints, hues and how to achieve them.

The students created first created a series of 5 hues, followed by a series of 5 tints. This was done simultaneously along with the demonstration by the teacher.

In the second part of the class we begun by explaining the basic concepts of motifs, composition planning and thumbnails. Then we assigned the students to make a design using a motif they created, 4 wavy lines and a combination of ascending tints and descending shades.