art 17 value lecture

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Value

(also known as light and shadow)

Ansel Adams

American

20th C.

(The relationship between color and value.)

Rembrandt

17th C.

Dutch

Chiaroscuro

Dimly contrasting values (Monet, 19th C. French)

Gordon Cook

20th C. American

Value creates the illusion of volume on a 2-dimensional surface

Value creates depth for the whole picture plane

Francisco de Zurbarán (17th C Spanish)

Atmospheric perspective

Asher B. Durand (19th C American Hudson River School)

(Atmospheric perspective)

Assignment #1: spheres or eggs with vine and compressed charcoal and charcoal pencil.

Assignment #2: skulls with compressed charcoal and kneadable eraser.

Assignment #3: graphite pencil hatch

Assignment #4: Drape Study with black and white charcoal pencil hatch on toned paper.

Student work

Assignment #5: a two-value skeleton study with pen and ink.

OK: Let’s do value!

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