Values art

Value study

I created this post to discuss how an artist can think technically about achieving an intended value key discussed in the previous post. This method helps to simplify an overwhelming number of values into a more workable structure at early stages of a painting (a digital one in this case). The loose renderings below are quick head studies from my imagination as they might be lit for dramatic and compositional purposes. I began with this basic head drawing which indicates some of the major…

For me, even a simple landscape painting needs to have three basic elements. A foreground, midground and background. How those three elements are handled will

Shading techniques: 1 and 2:

Value scale and sphere worksheet; 7th grade Art #blending #value #shading

shading in drawing

To continue our journey to discover the colors, with the year 7 classes, we painted landscapes in tempera tonal gradation. The forms that become more clear to the horizon can give a sense of distan…

Bringing Nature Home: Landscape Sketch Design Services

Learn all about tonal values in painting and drawing and how to create a sense of light and dark in your own paintings. Tonal value scale

Principles of Design