ValueRefers to the lights and darks.

Value describes form.Value creates a focal area or center of

interest.Value defines space.

Light values often suggest happiness, light, joy, and airiness.

Dark values suggest sadness, depression, loneliness, and

sometimes mystery.

Can you see the range of lights and darks (VALUE) in this painting?

Value describes whether the subject has volume or not.

Value describes the kind of texture the surface of the subject has.

Value shows where the light source is located.

Without value: objects appear flat

lifelessuninteresting

Blocked Value ScaleThis demonstrates the range of

lights and darks.

How effective is the value range in this picture?

• Do these objects have volume or are they flat?

• What kind of texture is created with value?

• Where is the light source coming from in this picture?

Some people claim value is the most important Element of design. This painting

shows a good range of value contrast.

How effective is value in this drawing? Would you be able to see the folds without the lights and

darks? Where is the focal area?

This skeleton is a good example of how important value is in a simple drawing.

It defines space in this example.

A simple pen/ink watercolor wash showing a range of value.

This is a drawing of simple forms showing Value. We can see the light source, shaded side and shadows.

The importance of value!What does value do for these

objects?

Gradual shading has 4 different areas; highlighted area, middle values, dark value

and the shadow.

You are going to do three exercises to demonstrate

value before moving on to the final drawing/project.

1. You will be completing a simple worksheet to help you decide when to use block value or gradual value

change and to practice both.2. The second exercise will be to

create a non-objective composition (see handout)

3. The third mini project is going to be of leaves using oil crayon to

demonstrate value with color.

We are going to use the skeleton image to create our value drawings.

Scale of the skeleton

• The average person is about 8 heads tall.

• When we draw the skeleton we will LIGHTLY divide the paper as seen to the right.

• This will help with proportion of your skeleton.

Value and space• You will draw the skeleton

from the model. This is called a contour drawing when you draw the edges of an object.

• You will then shade/add value to your skeleton. Focus on where the lights and darks are…really look!

• The final step will be to add an interesting space/op art 1 pt. perspective component to it.