VALUE
The lightness and darkness of a color,
VALUE is a achieved with SHADING.
Shading: ADD dark
Highlighting: Take away dark/ADD
light
Value scales can be used as shading practice and
as a guide to determine if you achieved the
correct values in an artwork.
Good art has a variety of value, from the
blackest black, to the whitest white.
The first is
STIPPLING,
shading with
DOTS.
Shading
with a
series of
lines going
in one
direction
Shading
with a series
of lines
going in
TWO
directions
Shading by
smoothing out the
values so they “blend”
into each other. We
can use a blending-
stamp.
 CREATE A CUBIST SELFPORTRAIT in COLOUR OR
BLACK AND WHITE
1. You will create a self-portrait using a photocopy of
your face.
2. Copy the outlines and shapes of your face with a
pencil.
3. Draw lines with a ruler on top of the drawing of your
face.
4. Use colour pencils or graphite pencils to complete
your “cubist self portrait”.
Cubist self portrait

Cubist self portrait

  • 1.
  • 2.
    The lightness anddarkness of a color, VALUE is a achieved with SHADING. Shading: ADD dark Highlighting: Take away dark/ADD light
  • 3.
    Value scales canbe used as shading practice and as a guide to determine if you achieved the correct values in an artwork. Good art has a variety of value, from the blackest black, to the whitest white.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Shading with a series of linesgoing in one direction
  • 6.
    Shading with a series oflines going in TWO directions
  • 7.
    Shading by smoothing outthe values so they “blend” into each other. We can use a blending- stamp.
  • 14.
     CREATE ACUBIST SELFPORTRAIT in COLOUR OR BLACK AND WHITE 1. You will create a self-portrait using a photocopy of your face. 2. Copy the outlines and shapes of your face with a pencil. 3. Draw lines with a ruler on top of the drawing of your face. 4. Use colour pencils or graphite pencils to complete your “cubist self portrait”.