In today’s lesson, students explored hues, tints, monochromatic and achromatic colors through a still life composition using soft pastels on black paper. The instructor discussed essential color concepts, including the definitions of hue, monochromatic, and polychromatic, along with the value scale that shows light, midtones, and dark tones. Students learned how to create different tonal values by mixing colors with white (tints), gray (tones), or black (shades). The lesson encouraged students to experiment with composition by drawing white or colored objects on textured pastel paper to achieve better results.