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Plant ArtLearning Objective:

To know how to create tints, shades and tones of colours


What colour are each of these flowers? Discuss your answers with a partner.


At first, we may just describe some flowers as a single colour, but if we observe closely, we can see that there

are actually lots of different ‘tones' of the same colour.

Do you know what the word ‘tone’ means?

‘Red’ ‘Orange’ ‘Yellow’ ‘Pink’ ‘Blue’


A tone is a lighter or darker version of the original colour.

Look closely - can you see all of these different tones of green in

the leaf?


How many different tones of blue can you see in this

flower?

Observe closely and discuss with a partner.

Chrysanthemum


The use of tone is very important in an artist’s work.

Tone can be used to create form (make the object

seem less flat and more three dimensional on the

paper).

The tones of colour that are chosen can also help to

create a certain mood, atmosphere or feeling in

the artwork.


Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist. She is best known for her enlarged paintings

of flowers. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, she created around 200 large-

scale, close-up paintings of flowers.

This is what she said about her choice of subject for her paintings:

Georgia O’Keeffe 1887 - 1986

‘Nobody sees a flower really - it is so small…’

‘I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.’


Can you see all of the different tones of colours that have been used?

On the following slides, you are going to see some of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings.

For each one, discuss the following questions:

Do you think the use of different tones has made the painting less flat and

more 3D?

What mood, atmosphere or feeling do you think this

painting creates?


Petunias 1925


Yellow Calla 1926


White Birch 1925 Bella Donna 1939


What is your personal opinion of Georgia

O’Keeffe’s artworks? Do you like them? Why?

Red Canna 1919

The colours, tones and scale of each painting aim to show how special nature

is, and how unique each flower is. They encourage people to look at flowers in a

different way.

Think, pair, then share your views.


How do you think we can make different versions of a colour to use in our

artwork?

Think, pair, then share your ideas.


If you only add white to a colour, you can create a

lighter version of it. The more white you add, the lighter the

colour will become.

When you add only white to a colour, it is called a tint.

Tints can create soft and soothing colours.


If you only add black to a colour, you can create a

darker version of it. The more black you add, the darker the

colour will become.

When you add only black to a colour, it is called a shade.

Shades can create deep, powerful and mysterious colours.


If you add both black and white to a colour, you can create a more or

less intense version of it, depending on the differing

amounts of black and white that you use.

When you add both black and white to a colour, it is called a tone.

Tones are more true to the way we see colours in the real world.


Now it’s time for you to practise creating and using tints, shades and tones of colour in your own artwork!


Plenary:Either black or white has been added to each of the original colours.

Which of the new colours are tints, and which are shades?

Look at the next slide to see if you are right!

Tint or shade?

Original colour:

Tint or shade?

Original colour:

Tint or shade?

Original colour:

Tint or shade?

Original colour:

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Plenary:

Shade

Original colour:

Tint

Original colour:

Tint

Original colour:

Shade

Original colour:

Did you correctly identify the lighter versions as tints, and the darker versions as shades?

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Plant Art KN3 - Schudio · Back Next Georgia O’Kee#e was an American artist. She is best known for her enlarged paintings of !owers. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, she created