Value, Light and Form

Value, Light and Form

This past Wednesday we talked about value, light and form. And we applied this knowledge as we started the shading process.

This value scale (seen above) is the palette we use for shading. This scale is broken down into 5 values.

Here we are applying our value scale to what we are learning about light hitting form, in this case a sphere. (Notice that every transition of value on the sphere is assigned a number from the value scale. Also note that the value scale here is broken down into 9 tones, compared to our 5. There are an infinite number of values in the visible world, but we break them down to make them manageable).

Here is the sphere I started to demo during class.

Homework: Continue shading your Bargue plate, and if time allows try your hand at the sphere drawing, presented in our text book, 'Beginning Drawing Atelier'.