Introduction:
This is a lesson in painting in one color. This allows the student to focus on the artistic element of values without the complications of color theory. Picasso's "Blue Period" paintings are good examples of this style of painting.

Materials:

Directions:

1. Begin by sketching your subject on the painting surface with pencil.


2. Create different shades of one color by mixing in varying amounts of white to the color. Remember to keep some of the darkest tone, without white added, for shadows.


3. Use the lightest tones for areas that have the most light and darkest tone for the shadows. You are painting the values of the objects.


4. Don't be concerned about which colors to use together, just which shades of one color that you want to use to represent shapes in a painting.