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VALUE
•Value is an element of design.•defined as the lights and darks in an art work. •black, white and ranges of grays.•Value can be a color and the lights (tints) and darks (shades) of that color.
LIGHT
• We see light through waves of energy traveling through the air that are recognized by light and color sensitive receptors in our eyes.
• Light moves in straight lines, a SHADOW results from something blocking the light.
Key
• The relative lightness or darkness of a picture or the colors employed in it; used in preference to value
• High Key• Low Key• Full Value Range
Sphere-6 Categories of Light
CHIAROSCURO
• In drawing and painting, the use of light and dark to create the effect of three-dimensional, modeled surfaces
Representing the Effects of Light
• Realistic
• Emphasis
• Expressive
Atmospheric Perspective
Expressive use of light
Emphasis
• Tenebrism--violent chiaroscuro, dark manner used to lend mood or emotional expression, typical of Rembrandt
Rembrandt Drawing at a Window
Dramatic use of light and dark
Drapery & Figure/Ground Relationship
• Elements are perceived as either figures (distinct elements of focus) or ground (the background or landscape on which the figures rest).
• Drawing III can experiment and investigate a melding of the drapery and figure
• What can be the similarities between drapery and the human form?
Artist Ferdinand Hodler
Themes: symbolism
Swiss painter, 19th century
Expressionist, realism
Materials Needed
• Vine and willow charcoal• Charcoal pencils, one soft, one medium• Kneaded eraser• White eraser• Higher quality paper• Spray fixative• Tape
Additive Reductive Process
• Tape paper evenly around edges to create a border
• Use vine or willow sticks and apply evenly to paper, covering the entire surface
• Aim for middle range value• Use vine or willow to draw preliminary
sketch
Additive Reductive Process
• Use soft charcoal pencil to shade in darkest values
• Medium charcoal pencil for medium values• Use kneaded eraser to create the light values• Use white eraser for highlights• Work from general to specific• Leave details until the end