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Value

Value. Value- An element of art concerned with the degree of lightness of colors. Darker colors are lower in value When drawing artists use value when they are shading. Value helps define the form of objects being drawn or painted. All colors have natural value.

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Value

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  1. Value • Value- An element of art concerned with the degree of lightness of colors. Darker colors are lower in value • When drawing artists use value when they are shading. • Value helps define the form of objects being drawn or painted. • All colors have natural value. Tea Time" by Jen Metzinger 1911, Oil, 30"x28" Philadelphia Museum of Art

  2. Ways to Achieve Value

  3. Ways to Achieve Value http://faculty.indy.cc.ks.us/jnull/valuesite2.htm

  4. Value Scale 10 Steps of Value There are 100's of variances of value but we can easily identify 10 Steps of Value within a work of art. Can you point out the 10 Steps in this eye?

  5. Create your value scales On your notes page, complete the value scales using the cross hatching, hatching, blending and stipple techniques.

  6. Chiaroscuro • Chiaroscuro- (key-ah-roh-skew-roh) From the Italian meaning “light-dark.” The use of value contrasts to represent the effects of light and shadow. • Involves using extreme light and dark contrasts within a work of art. • The word "chiaro" means light and "scuro" means dark. • Questions: • Where is the light source? • What is happening in this scene? Look closely! • How does the light affect to feeling of tension in this work? Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi 1625 Oil 72"x56“ Detroit Institute of Art

  7. The Matchmaker1625Oil on canvas, 71 cm x 104 cmCentral Museum, Utrecht

  8. Where is the light source? • How do the shadows fall across the face? • How is the work different in black and white? Is it easier to see the value changes? An Old Man in Red Rembrandt Oil Eremitage,St. Petersburg

  9. Example of chiaroscuro • Use the sample on your notes page to show chiaroscuro. Light to dark shading wrapping around the object white Med gray black a black shadow goes here

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