Value Lesson

Grab Your Sketchbook
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Learning Goals:
Train your eye to recognize a full range of values Develop the ability to render a full range of values, using various media Use value to model form Use value to distinguish shape (detail)
Elements of Art (tools for making good art)

line shape value color texture pattern size movement gradation
Value refers to tones. -darks.....lights......and middle tones

Tones are created when light and shadow interact with objects.
Value can be used to distinguish one shape from another, instead of line (outlines).
distinct edge
No outlines -just tonal contrast
Value adds variety to art work and suggests a sense of light (shadows).
defining edges
defining edges
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Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.
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Changes in value especially help to model form. When values change from dark to light, we call these gradations.
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tonal gradation
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Different forms of mark making can be used to lay down tones.

-in this case, line is being used to create tones.
Dark Tones Middle Tones Light Tones
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Different forms of mark making can be used to lay down your tones. Sometimes mark making = texture!
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Different forms of mark making can be used to lay down your tones. Sometimes mark making = texture!
soft-shaded tones
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Artists try to use a wide range of tones.
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Producing a Wide Range of Tones
To produce a wide range of tones, do one or more of the following: (depending on the medium)
-press harder / press lighter -use (lay down) more or less of the medium....to cover more or less of the paper (surface) -use a darker-toned tool (such as softer graphite)
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Harder Graphite (lighter mark)
Softer Graphite (darker mark)
HB
7H 6H 5H 4H 3H 2H H
B 2B 3B 4B 5B 6B 7B 8B 9B E EE
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1st Value Drawing Study
Goal:
Learn to use a variety of pencils (varying in graphite hardness) and a variety of pressure (by hard how hard one presses) and a variety of mark making (by laying down more or less graphite in a given area) in order to........ ...........produce a wide range of tones.
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No two adjacent shapes should have the same tone.
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Add variety by creating expressive textures through your mark making (shading)
Add variety with pattern
texture
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Now use an eraser to make two adjacent shapes have almost the same tone, then use some line (with varied width and/or weight to distinguish contour.
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Get 3 pencils:
2B or 3B
5B or 6B
8B or 9B
....and a ruler!
Then take out your sketchbook.
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On a new page in your sketch book.
V A L U E
space
bigger space
space
space
space
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Divide the top box into seven equal sections.
2 cm x 14 cm
2cm 2cm
7 sections
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Your task is to vary pencil pressure and switch pencils,

in order to create a spectrum of tones(values) that range from very dark (on the far left) to very light (almost the white of the paper.....on the far right).
Darkest tone
Middle tone
Lightest tone
Top Box
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Print this in the space above the top box:

Value refers to tones. -darks.....lights......and middle tones
Tones are created when light and shadow interact with objects.
Here's a spectrum showing a wide range of tones:
HERE
V A L U E
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Print this in the space below the top box:

Tonal Gradations
A gradation is a slow and gradual change in a tone. Artists create tonal gradations to make shapes appear more three dimensional.
Create gradations by:

V A L U E
HERE
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GRADATION GRADATION GRADATION GRADATION

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Gradation
-slow, gradual change
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A GRADATION is a slow and gradual change.
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Above, beside and inside the second box:

-increasing/decreasing pressure of drawing tool
graphite
Create a continuous tonal gradation, using graphite.
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Above, beside and inside the third box:

-laying down more/less media
Create a continuous tonal gradation, using marker
ink
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Above, beside and inside the fourth box:

-laying down more/less media
watercolour
Create a continuous tonal gradation, using watercolour
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Above, beside and inside the fifth box:

-blending colours with white and/or black
Create a continuous tonal gradation, using pastel
pastel
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On a new page of your sketchbook:

space at top
big space at bottom
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When artists create tonal gradations, in black

and white or colour, shapes begin to look more three-dimensional.
gradations
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gradations
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flat rectangle
no gradation
-shape looks flat
cylinder
gradation
-shape looks more 3-D
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print this here
Using gradations, shade the rectangle darkest at the two vertical edges and lightest down the centre. -to make it look like a cylinder.
Using gradations, shade the circle darkest all around the edge and lighter towards the centre. -to make it look like a shere.
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Draw the apple, with tonal gradations. Use the reference photo provided.
bottom
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REVIEW
When a tone is consistant, a shape looks flat
When a shape has tonal changes (gradations), it looks more three dimensional
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Tonal gradations suggest light and shadow and create three-dimensionality.
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draw this box - nice and big!
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Grab Your Sketchbook

Elements of Art (tools for making good art)

Value refers to tones. -darks.....lights......and middle tones

No outlines -just tonal contrast

Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.

Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.

Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.

Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.

Value is used to model form and make objects look 3-dimensional.

Different forms of mark making can be used to lay down tones.

Dark Tones Middle Tones Light Tones

Artists try to use a wide range of tones.

Artists try to use a wide range of tones.

Artists try to use a wide range of tones.

Producing a Wide Range of Tones

Harder Graphite (lighter mark)

Softer Graphite (darker mark)

1st Value Drawing Study

No two adjacent shapes should have the same tone.

Add variety with pattern

On a new page in your sketch book.

Divide the top box into seven equal sections.

Your task is to vary pencil pressure and switch pencils,

Print this in the space above the top box:

Here's a spectrum showing a wide range of tones:

Print this in the space below the top box:

Create gradations by:

GRADATION GRADATION GRADATION GRADATION

A GRADATION is a slow and gradual change.

A GRADATION is a slow and gradual change.

A GRADATION is a slow and gradual change.

A GRADATION is a slow and gradual change.

Above, beside and inside the second box:

Create a continuous tonal gradation, using graphite.

Above, beside and inside the third box:

Create a continuous tonal gradation, using marker

Above, beside and inside the fourth box:

Create a continuous tonal gradation, using watercolour

Above, beside and inside the fifth box:

Create a continuous tonal gradation, using pastel

On a new page of your sketchbook:

big space at bottom

When artists create tonal gradations, in black

When artists create tonal gradations, in black

When artists create tonal gradations, in black

Tonal gradations suggest light and shadow and create three-dimensionality.

draw this box - nice and big!

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