Value in art

I have had quite a few people ask me about the handouts I used to do this color value lesson: So here you go...

The idea was to some up with a creative way of creating a scale with 11 values from black to white and everything in between. The human eye can only see 44 different values in between black and white. Apparently the most a person has ever created without using a computer is 12. Here are 11.

Shading techniques: 1 and 2:

To continue our journey to discover the colors, with the year 7 classes, we painted landscapes in tempera tonal gradation. The forms that become more clear to the horizon can give a sense of distan…

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Useful exercise in tonal range / values.

Value in art has various meanings, but for the purpose of this post we will be referring to value in relation to color theory. Value in art is essentially how light or dark something is on a scale of white to black (with white being the highest value and black being the lowest value). #drawpaintacademy

Students will: 1. Listen to teacher as she demonstrates the technique of shading the sphere. 2. Clearly articulate the the art of shading by using the proper vocabulary. 3. Summarize their art work...