This week at Little Ashcan our artists took a trip to outer space! On their journey, they learned the artistic concepts of value and you guesses it, space! “Value is the lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray. Space- An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art “ - Massart.edu.
In class, our students used ink and canvas to depict a whole image of the moon or an image of the earth from the moon. Using ink, they all applied the concepts of value and space and did an astronomical job, using shades of grays, white and black. They truly aced this adventure and returned back to Earth with amazing pieces of art!
