VALUE Drawing Class Value What is value Value

VALUE Drawing Class

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

Value Can… � � Create contrast – the difference between light and dark Create form – the illusion of 3 D shapes Create texture – the surface quality of an object Create variation – 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 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 � One of the most common ways to learn about value is to make a value scale Value scales are named by how many boxes there are Below is a six-part value scale

Your Project for Today Value Scales

Instructions � � Get a piece of drawing paper, 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”x 7” strips Divide the strips into 1” compartments

The Values You’ll need: • Your 3 drawing pencils • Your blending stomp

Value Blending � � � Starting with the second box of your top strip, create the lightest value you can I recommend going SLOWLY and using your 4 H pencil 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.

Get Your Blending Stomp Ready Blend each square separately! � Blend by pressing the stomp to the paper lightly and “scrubbing” in little circles � Try to keep your dividing lines neat �Don’t scrub your values together! �

Your Second Strip � � � On your second strip, do the same thing but use the process of hatching and crosshatching 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 Shapes to Form Baseball Drawing Warm-Up

Parts of a Shadow

Curvature � � 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 3 D