3rd Grade: Form and Value

For this unit students learned about Design Elements Form and Value. This multi-step project incorporated various skills, interdisciplinary subjects and monochromatic colors. Students first created direct observation sketches of 3-dimension forms, used acrylic paint to create value, measured out 2 inch lines, cut into strips of paper and finally glued down their work to create a form of its own.
Vocabulary Learned: Form, Value, tints & shades, 3-dimensional shapes, cylinder, sphere, cube, pyramid, prism, octagonal cylinder, paint mixing, sculpture, installation, direct observation drawing, Jeff Koons, multiple angles, monochromatic color.  
Materials Used:  Pencil, 3D forms for drawing, ruler, acrylic paint, scissors, glue.