Value still life

For this assignment, I had to draw the same still-life as in my previous post, but this time I had to use 3 values: black, white, and gray. The same rules applied as far as finding a good composition based on the rule of thirds and the distribution of value. I had to do the same process for this assignment too. One had to be in charcoal: The other had to be made of cut paper. It was more challenging to do the black and gray cut-outs, because if the black shapes were glued on in a slightly…

Good image for shading exercise.

Black And White #2 by Juj Winn

Rafael R. in AZ: three value studies - 2 value, 5 value, 9 value.

Go to this website to see similar examples from another school. http://arteascuola.com/2020/02/shading-forms/ A form is a three dimensional shape. It is able to stand up in a surface. Because it is 3D, light hits the form and gives the form various shades. A variety of darks and light is called Value. Study the forms above. Where is the light coming from? How does light effect round and flat forms differently? We will need to practice with making smooth value. YOu will be given a value scale…

So for this assignment we had to draw a still life in only 2 values, black and white. The key to this assignment was making a balanced composition. However, we now had two things to pay attention to. One was the rule of thirds. The other was the ratio of black to white and the way the black shapes lined up with each other. This is the composition I ultimately settled on. First I had to draw out the composition in charcoal: Then I had to make the same composition, except we had to use cut…

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