Black and white still life

Value can be confusing for a beginning artist. Learn how to see the different values in your reference photo and how to transfer them to your painting.

Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake, and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally, and continues to inform the art of photography.

Working in groups of 3-4 create a series of 10 still-life setups EACH (5 using a White backgrounds and 5 using a Black background). Each group member must participate in various "roles" (outline...

Black And White #2 by Juj Winn

Good image for shading exercise.