More Samples of Monochromatic Art



by Emma gr 4

I wanted to share with you some samples of the
Monochromatic art pieces that all my students
created in the first weeks of school. 

We have them framed on a simple colored background and put on display in the cafeteria and going up the steps in our main entrance of school.  

by Libby Gr 4



by Mitchell gr 6



The monochromatic art pieces are now loaded on our school's page of the Artsonia website. 

Click  here  if you'd like to view them.  Once you are on our school page, there is also an option that you can set it to have the art cycle in a slide show by clicking on that option.



by Maeve gr 6





by Meg gr.3




by Claire gr. 4



by Rachel gr 6



by Ceci gr. 4




by Jade gr.6



by John gr. 6



Working with a Monochromatic Color Scheme

The photos in this post may be a bit out of order.  I was having trouble once I got them all loaded into the post and I was unable to move them around. 

Monochromatic Green Cartoon

Table Sign for Blues
The paint spot charm hanging from the bottom has blue-green on this side and blue-violet on the reverse.

     The opening lessons for art this year are coming together nicely.   Last week they were assigned a topic by having a category of art given to them on a tag.  I had these written on tags that were placed on the desks.  When they were ready to start working, they pulled a different tag from a bowl that told them the media to use. 

     I have decided to start with some projects that give the students some amount of freedom to choose the topic, but since we are working with colors on the color wheel they are having some restrictions on the color scheme. This week we are doing the students choice of art topic, but the color is being restricted to a designated color family.  That is assigned simply by the table where the student sits. 

Monochromatic Blue Landscape

     I am re using some signs that hung above the tables in the past, but I added more interest this year by creating shaped extentions that hook on by paperclips.   The middle piece is just a shape cut from construction paper.  The bottom shape looks like a smaller paint blot and it was made by painting on the cut out using the designated color and the 2 colors that are adjacent to it. 

    

Table Sign for Yellows

Charm on bottom has yellow-green on one side and yellow-orange on the other.

Monochromatic Yellow Design

Color Inspiration from Paint Store!

When these paint sample charts are open they reveal some really beautiful color schemes centered on color taken from several nature photos.  For our use in this lesson, we are looing at the cover only. 

In the photo below, you'll see some different signs that I have posted in the room while we are doing color families.  The students helped think of many different names for the 6 basic colors.  Click on the photo to enlarge it.

Table Sign for Greens
Charm hanging from bottom has yellow-green on one side and blue green on the other side.

Going Bandannas!

A project on symmetry and monochromatic colors that I recently designed for the fifth graders in my art room was very successful. Our bandannas were a real hit with me and my students. They looked great on display in the main entrance of our school.

We began by looking at real cloth bandannas in many colors for our inspiration. I introduced the design motif of the paisley shape and the students noticed how it was shaped like a curled leaf or rain droplet. Some could see the similarity of the paisley and the ying yang symbol. I had the students take a 9 inch square of colored construction paper and fold it in half and in half again to make four equal sections. As an alternative, they could do the folds diagonally to make an on point design.

Students could begin in the center and work toward the edges. They were to use a repeating paisley shape as part of the design. A few students made a template of the paisley shape to keep the shape a standard size. Diamond and dots were also a suggestion as shapes that could work well for repeats. Dashed and dotted lines were common ways to divide up the 9 inch square. Many 5th grade artists lined up a border near the edge of the square and concentrated the patterns near the frame. Everyone sketched lightly in pencil and outlined all the shapes in permanent black marker. When this was done, we added white paint to accent the images. Again dots, dashes, paisley, diamonds were highlighted.

Next, we framed the bandanna art by using a 12 inch square as a backing. Most students used black or dark gray, but white was also a popular choice. A few picked a tint of the bandanna color. Student helpers cut lots of colored paper, scrap bandanna art, and scrapbookers paper in bandanna print into an assortment of squares, rectangles, and triangles. Everyone was very creative as they used these cut outs in a mosaic fashion around the edges of the bandanna art.