Made in the Shade

Seventh graders have been learning about value, which is an element of art.  In visual art, elements are the properties of artwork that you can experience through sight and touch. These include:

• Texture
• Space
• Shape
• Color
• Value
• Line

Seventh graders learned that varying the pressure on a pencil can create a range of light and dark values.  To practice their shading, they created a line drawing, then divided or "shattered" it with dividing lines. Then, they shaded each newly created shape in with their pencils.

In other words, when faced with "shady" situations, these seventh graders used their "values" to guide them.  Here are some examples: