With standardized English Language Arts exams on the horizon, the author thought a game of Antonyms would provide not only a quick language arts activity for her sixth graders, but also a nice segue to an art lesson in contrast. In this article, she describes a project, a simple saucer on a pedestal base, which required students to demonstrate contrast through various lines, shapes, patterns, and strong black-and-white values using a sgraffito technique. (Contains 1 online resource.)