Value exercise

Shading techniques: 1 and 2:

Today we are going to work on mastering values and tones in your drawings. This is just one of the many things that you will need to learn in order to

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Value scales using line

Value: Value describes the brightness or darkness of color. A gradient is a series of values from darkest to lightest. For this exercise you will use the value scale sheet provided in your binder:

This work sheet allows your students to practice the 4 (5) shading techniques (just using a pencil, smudging/blending, hatching, cross-hatching, stippling). On the back students can learn and practice how to draw and shade basic forms using any of the techniques from the front.

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For some time now I've been preoccupied with value. The more I work with it, the more I become convinced that a well observed balance of tones (values) is the key to creating a feeling of light, and by extension form. Frank Reilly reckoned that tones (well, being from the US he called them values