1. Value

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. Value Creating Texture
Value creates the cat’s fur

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

8. 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

9. Your Sketchbook Project for VALUE
Value Scales

10. 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

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

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

13. 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!

14. 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.

15. 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)

16. 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

17. Shading a CIRCLE to look like a SPHERE

18. 5 Areas of Light

19. 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

20. 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

21. How to shade a sphere tutorial