Value Shape Pattern Texture Repetition Portraiture Positive/Negative Space

Lightness and darkness of a tone or color Value

Drawing techniques that create value include… Hatching/Cross-Hatching… Stippling…

…as well as blending & shading! BLENDING : smearing to create smooth transitions between values and tones SHADING : Shadow: an area that is NOT or is partially illuminated Highlight: the area on any surface which reflects the most light

We are attracted to dramatic shifts in value A word borrowed from Italian meaning “light and shade” or harshly contrasting lights and darks Chiaroscuro

We add value to shapes to create our artwork

Shape A two-dimensional enclosed area GeometricOrganicAmorphous

Geometric Shapes: have clear edges and angles ex. Square, circle, triangle

Organic Shapes: are irregular shapes or shapes found in nature

Amorphic Shape: have no apparent shape or organization are abstract— more organic than geometric

Positive & Negative Space Positive - area that objects occupy Negative - area around objects

which is negative space?

The way in which shapes are arranged can create repetition and texture in an artwork

Repetition repeating an object or art element creates Pattern and Rhythm…

Texture Actual: You can touch and feel the texture Real Texture Simulated/Implied: Looks like it would have texture if you touched it Visual Texture

Here are some well-known artists who use PATTERN, VALUE, and TEXTURE in their artwork…

Gustav Klimt Austrian, Art Nouveau patterns Textiles Figures Gold leaf paint Klimt, The Kiss, 1908

Klimt, Death and Life, 1910

Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907

Patricia Polacco American, b Children’s book author & illustrator Russian & Ukranian background People, stories…. B&W graphite contrasted with colorful patterns Polacco, from Rechenka’s Eggs

Polacco, from The Keeping Quilt

Kehinde Wiley New York based, b Realistic portraits of urban Af- Am, African, Afro-Braziliam men from streets of Harlem Heroic poses Traditional Renaissance poses and motifs contrasted with contemporary urban fashion and “real people” Patterned backgrounds

Wiley, Samuel Johnson, 2009Wiley, Adam Byrd, 2012

Vincent van Gogh Chuck Close Andy Warhol NormanRockwell A portrait is an artwork done in which the subject is a person or animal A self-portrait is an artwork done in which the subject matter is the artist themselves Kathe Kollwitz Pablo Picasso Portrait?

What are WE doing? Creating realistic portraits with pencil focusing on value Using colored pencil to make patterned and textured backgrounds

…the subjects are NOT directly centered… ---COMPOSITION of background design--- Notice that…

…they have interesting expressions…and a range of values in the portrait AND the background…

…the backgrounds are colorful, vibrant and include MANY different patterns and textures… Variety of SIZE – SHAPE (organic/geometric) - COLORS

…those patterns and textures are made up of lots of different types of repeating shapes…

Value, Texture & Pattern with Colored Pencils

Value with Colored Pencil—How? Increase pencil pressure Color layer with a darker color Use a colorless blender or blending tool

start by creating a VALUE scale strip with graphite pencil (shading & blending)

Drawing People

Proportions

Line v. Shapes with value

Which looks more realistic? Why?

Value created by shading and highlighting!!!

Steps to Take 1.Choose a portrait photo to work 2.Print photo as large as possible 3.Using graphite pencils, create a realistic portrait of head and neck/shoulders only. Focus is on creating multiple VALUES through shading, highlighting, smudging. 4.Using inspiration from Klimt, Polacco, and Wiley, create an interesting background with colored pencils. Focus is on creating VALUES and a minimum of 5 different PATTERNS and TEXTURES.