Value

Value What is value? Value is how light or dark an object is (or appears to be) Value is one of the Elements of Art

Value Can… Create contrast – the difference between light and dark Create form – the illusion of 3D shapes Create texture – the surface quality of an object Create variety – using different values to create interest in an art piece; variation in value helps “set the mood” of the piece

Value Creating Contrast The light face next to the dark background creates contrast

Value creates the sense of eggs on otherwise flat paper Value Creating Form Value creates the sense of eggs on otherwise flat paper

Value Creating Texture Value creates the cat’s fur

Value Creating Variety The use of different values in the same drawing creates variety

Drawing Value Value scales are named by how many boxes there are Below is a six-part value scale One of the most common ways to learn about value is to make a value scale

Your Sketchbook Project for VALUE Value Scales

Instructions Get your red sketchbook, a ruler, and a pencil Create a strip (anywhere on the paper) that is 1” x 7” 1” tall 7” long

Next Step… Use the ruler to divide the box into 1” compartments (You’ll have 7)

Repeat This Process Use the same process to create two more 1”x7” strips Divide the strips into 1” compartments

Value Scale Starting with the second box of your top strip, create the lightest value you can Make it close to white, but a little darker Like this!

Value Scales Continued Continue this process for each square, making it a little darker than the one before it Your last square should be as dark as you can make it, without pushing hard Don’t push so hard you make it “shiny” or break your pencil, rip your paper, etc.

Your Second Strip On your second strip, do the same thing but use the process of hatching and cross-hatching This means to make lines going in one direction (hatching) Or many directions (cross-hatching)

Your Third Strip Do the same thing as the last two, but use the value technique of scumbling/scribbling This is a technique where overlapping scribbled lines make value

Shading a CIRCLE to look like a SPHERE

5 Areas of Light

Contour lines When drawing, it’s important to make sure your shading follows the form If your shading doesn’t follow the form, it will visually flatten what you worked so hard to make appear 3D

SHADE A CIRCLE On your sketchbook page for value, draw a circle about 3” in diameter. Shade the circle to make it look like a sphere. Use one of the techniques you used to create your value scales. Label the 5 Areas of Light

How to shade a sphere tutorial