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Value. Shading Techniques. What Is Value?. - The lightness or darkness of a color. - Value becomes critical in a work which has no colors other than black, white, and a gray scale. - Value helps to make drawings of objects look more realistic or “3-D.”. Value charts.
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Value Shading Techniques
What Is Value? • - The lightness or darkness of a color. • - Value becomes critical in a work which has no colors other than black, white, and a gray scale. • - Value helps to make drawings of objects look more realistic or “3-D.”
Graphite Grading System B = Black H = Hard F = Fine HB = No. 2
Why Add Value? Value turns Shapes…. …into Forms!
Shading Techniques Hatching Cross Hatching Blending Stippling
Videos • Shading Techniques: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXeIf-fpawo&feature=endscreen&NR=1 • Stippling Video: • http://vimeo.com/33091687
Parts of a form A = High Light B = Middle Tones C = Core Shadow D = Reflected Light E = Cast Shadow
What is cropping? • - Cropping is when you zoom into or cut out a piece of information from your artwork.
Composition • - Composition is how things are arranged in an image. Where are they? Are they touching? Are they cropped? Are they overlapping?
Things to remember… • -Sketch first! • Enlarge, Crop and Rule of Thirds! • If your shapes and lines are not correct, your shading will never look right. • Go S L O W L Y - rushing value will make your objects look unrealistic. • -Use your eraser as a tool, not just for fixing mistakes! • -Pay attention to details- that’s what will make your work look more real!