LESSON PRESENTATION INSTRUCTIONS
VALUE
VALUE LANDSCAPE
Lesson Objectives: Students will learn about value and Cezanne’s style of painting (with short and wide strokes).
Time Required: 1 hour (if students don’t finish, they may do the final step at the next session: should take only a few minutes)
Artist: Cezanne, Small Forest (available online)
Presentation: Discuss what value is. Discuss how to make different values within one color using white and black paints. Discuss how Cezanne painted with short, wide strokes.
Materials (Session 1):
White construction paper 9×12
Tempera paints: green or orange, black and white
Paintbrushes
Paint palettes
Q-tips
Dixie cups for water
Paper towels
Dark brown, light brown, and beige/tan paper cut into rectangular strips
Glue sticks
Scissors
Procedure, Session 1:
- Hand out the paper and have the children write their names on the back. Orient the paper in the horizontal direction.
- Divide the paper into 4 sections using zigzag lines. Each section will be painted a different value.
- Each student may choose either green or orange paint.
- Pass out palettes with 4 blobs of the chosen paint:
a) One blob has a small dash of white paint High Value
b) One blob stays the original color
c) One blob has a small dash of black paint
d) One blob has a large dash of black paint Low Value
- Mix the orange and white blob of paint together with a Q-tip and paint across the top of the page in the zigzag section using Cezanne’s short, wide strokes.
- Do the same with the original color, painting in the 2nd section from the top.
- Continue on with all 4 values in all 4 sections from high value to low value, making sure no white shows between the sections.
- Create 3 value trees: cut the dark brown paper to desired length to make a tree trunk and branches. Layer on light brown and beige paper.
Procedure, Session 2 (if needed):
1. Glue value trees onto dried backgound.
