1. Value The degree of light and dark in a design. It’s the contrast between black and white and all of the tones in-between Value can be used with color as well.

2. Value Scale Shows the range in values from black to white and light to dark. CONTRAST is the extreme changes between values. GRADATION is the gradual changes between values. SHADING is when lines or other marks are used to fill in outlines of a sketch, engraving, or painting to represent gradations of color or darkness

3. Carissa Weber, Untitled, 2003 How does the artist create a convincing illusion of 3-D forms?

4. Albrecht Durer. An Original Ruler Seated On a Throne. 1445. Pen and Ink

5.  The ELEMENTS of art: value Refers to the light and dark areas of an art work – CHIRASCURO or contrast

6. Study of Arms and Hands, Da Vinci 1474  The ELEMENTS of art: value

7. El Greco: Allegory, Boy Lighting Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool  The ELEMENTS of art: value

8. THE MILKMAID (De Melkmeid ) c. 1658-1661 oil on canvas 17 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. (45.5 x 41 cm.) The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam  The ELEMENTS of art: value