Assignment: Pencil Value Scale

Without Light You Would See Nothing  No matter how bright your whitest clothes are,  You will not see them in absolute darkness.

With a Little Light  Your clothes begin to look gray.

As the Light Increases  The white clothes look brighter.

Value  The Range of Light to Dark

In Black and White Photographs  You can easily see light gray and white.  And areas of medium gray and black. Dorothea Lange Migrant Mother

White is the Lightest Value Louise Nevelson Dawn’s Wedding Chapel IV

Black is the Darkest Value Louise Nevelson Sky Cathedral

And Between is the Unlimited Number of Values Citation Needed

Your Assignment  Is to work with measurements.  Create an even transition from light to dark.  Working each square individually

Start With  A 3 inch by 12 inch paper.  Make a 1 inch clearance frame. Do not use the end of the ruler (This will not give you 1 inch squares).  Divide into 10  1 inch squares

 Start with white and black at the ends and then establish a mid-range gray. Gradually expand the chart out till you have 10 values

 With hatching and cross-hatching transition the rest of the 1 inch squares from very light gray to a dark grey. Citation Needed

Crosshatch  Establish a crosshatch pattern at equal distances.  Then adding layers of crosshatch in different directions gradually darkens the plane. Citation Needed

 You should have a value chart that shows a range of ten steps from white to black.  Dark grays and blacks should not have a shiny surface.  Application of graphite should be evenly applied.

Answer on a Separate Piece of Paper 10 Questions:  Title your paper: Pencil Value Scale.  Add your name and period number.

Question 1  What would you see if there was no light?

Question 2  With a little light, your white would look (fill in the blank).

Question 3  What is value?

Question 4  What should you see in a black and white photograph?

Question 5  What is the title used as the example for the photograph?  Who is the photographer?

Question 6  The light value is called what?

Question 7  The dark value is called what?

Question 8  What are the names of the two sculptures that Louise Nevelson created?

Question 9  What do you not do when measuring your frame for your Pencil Value Scale.

Question 10  What pencil technique should be used when creating your Pencil Value Scale?