8th Grade Project: Value Unit 2 - Still Life Value Study

The 8th grade continued into their value unit by showing the values they perceived on a monochromatic still-life.  They used the value charts we had created previously to help them with the value scales.

See our Value Chart blog post.

In these still-lives, students were asked to focus on the different specific values found in each still-life, rather than painting the still-life.  In representing these values they could build their still-life, showing the correct value in the shape or plane that they see it.  As they added more values and more planes, their paintings became more detailed, better representing the still-life they were painting.

We worked on this project for two class periods.  The results were extremely pleasing.  The students were a bit intimidated at first but as they began their work, they discovered that they were well-equipped for the task having already cultivated their abilities to perceive and represent value.