Value the Elements of Art Value

Value The Elements of Art Value Is the relative lightness or darkness of a given surface. When drawing, artists use value when they are shading. ● Value helps define the form of objects being drawn or painted. All colors have natural value. ● Value is what helps us create an illusion of 3 Dimensions, volume, and a sense of reality in a drawing. It can also communicate mood. Value Scale Tints = Highlights Shades = Shadows (Color + Black, darker values of (Color + White, lighter a color) values of a color) The value scale is a system of organizing values. It consists of values ranging from white to black, with several shades of gray in between. These shades of gray make up the “meat” of a drawing, and helps to create the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality. Conveying Light Using Value Form In drawings and paintings and other 2D work, form is the illusion of 3 dimensions in your subjects. Without changes in value in relation to the light source things look flat. M.C. Escher Drawing Hands 1948 Escher frequently employed a visual game in which he transformed a flat pattern into a three-dimensional object. The artist used his own right hand as the model for both hands depicted in the print. M.C. Escher. Drawing Hands, 1948. Lithograph. M.C. Escher Dutch illustrator whose innovative works explored patterns, perception, space and transformation. Worked on engravings and prints that captured natural landscapes and architecture, startlingly playing with perspective, orientation and shadow. Escher was the youngest son of civil engineer. He used to be ill often and was placed in a special school. Although he excelled in drawing, his other grades were generally poor. It is important to identify the different values in art. What forms or textures are shown? How has the artist made use of light and dark areas? The Value M.C. Escher. Hand with Reflecting Determine Sphere, 1935, lithograph, Rosenwald Collection. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Chiaroscuro A technique in which artists use extreme contrast between light and dark areas of the artwork to create a sense 3D space and volume. Albrecht Dürer added subtle shading allowed him to makes one of his most evocative works in his studies of draperies. Albrecht Dürer. Study Of Drapery, 1508. The Different Types of Line Strokes ● Contour Hatching ● Cross Hatching ● Parallel Hatching ● “Tick” Hatching ● Stippling Parallel Hatching Consists of rows of parallel lines, placed closely together. With parallel hatching, the lines will remain straight and usually run vertically or horizontally. Notice that some hatch marks are closer together, such as along the top of the index finger. When you increase the density of a collection of hatch marks, the area will appear darker, which can be useful for creating value variations. Contour Hatching The lines follow the contours of the subject. Here, the hatch marks follow the curves of the hand. This method of hatching greatly enhances the sense of volume and three-dimensionality of anything you are drawing, in addition to providing value. Cross Hatching After laying down one pass of hatch marks, another set of hatch marks are drawn on top, usually in a perpendicular direction to the first set. This method is one of the quickest and most effective ways to darken the values in your hatching. It creates a richer overall feel to the drawing. “Tick” Hatching Short parallel strokes or “ticks.” The marks are so small and short, you can almost pile them on top of one another to create density, without worrying about cross hatching. This style often works best with a thicker pen, to increase the graphic quality. Stippling Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots. The bottom line is that with the stippling technique there is no line work whatsoever. Elena Climent What kind of narrative or story do you think is taking place? How does the artist use value in her artwork? Kitchen with View of the Viaduct 1995, Phoenix Art Museum Climent uses the objects in a still life painting to pay homage to her mother who passed away in 1993. Many objects evoke special memories of her mother and her mother's kitchen. The objects in the painting, as in many of still life paintings, each hold a special meaning and are purposefully included and thoughtfully "I think wherever we are we reproduce arranged. ourselves. People reflect themselves by their The plane, the red car, the 2 ears of corn, the pop surroundings. We create an order around us, a bottles, the 2 chairs, the herbal tea and its container, mirror of what we are. I'm fascinated by what the different tiles, and the calendar all hold symbolic objects absorb of people." ~ Elena Climent meanings. Jennifer Lewis Takahashi What do you see? What do you think the artist is trying to tell us? The Secret Place As my kids got older and I continued painting, I found I was thinking more about my own childhood — what made it magical and what I didn’t need to pass on to my kids. This was then reflected in my subject matter; one or two items that had meaning to me which I then built a story around. Still life was the best subject because I could arrange things exactly how I wanted them. That, along with my realistic style. This piece of art is busy, crowded and echoed how I was feeling in many ways. Your Task Today…. ● Complete a Value Chart Worksheet using the different types of line strokes that was presented. ● Practice creating highlights and shadows for each type of line on the value scale..

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