This is your preliminary preparation for your Blue Dog assignment. Each student will demonstrate proper knowledge of hue, tint and shade prior to beginning his/her painting. In the painting, the dog will have one hue, its tint and its shade. YOU will decide the hue!

Step 1: You will be creating 3 tinted hues from the primary colors. Make grids with 4 equal shapes. You may make pies, squares, circles... whatever sets you free! See photo.

Step 2: Paint red at the top of one of your grids. Paint blue at the top of another one. Paint yellow at the top of the 3rd one. See photo.

Step 3: Add equal amounts of white to each hue. Progressively continue mixing by adding more white each time with your final shape--the lightest tint. Repeat the procedure with all hues. See photo.

Step 4: Make Orange, Purple or Green and repeat the tint process making at least one new tint. Feel free to make tints from all 3, if desired.

Step 5: You will be creating shades from the 3 primary colors. Make grids with 4 equal shapes. You may make pies, squares, circles. See photo.

Step 6: Paint red at the top of one of your grids. Paint blue at the top of another one. Paint yellow at the top of the 3rd one. See photo.

Step 7: Add equal amounts of black to each hue. Progressively continue by adding more black allowing your final shape to be the darkest shade. Repeat the procedure with all hues. See photo.

Step 8: Make Orange, Purple or Green and repeat the shade process making at least one new shade. Feel free to make shades from all 3 if desired. See photo.

Please review as many examples of G. Rodrigue dogs that you can find both in class and online.

Step 8: Listen to the introduction of our George Rodrigue Blue Dog assignment. In this assignment, your dog will contain 1 pure hue, its tint and its shade. You may choose a primary hue or you may pick a secondary hue. See samples and steps to our lesson. HAVE FUN designing your dog and his environment!