Monday 26 April 2021

The #CreativeLife 2021 A to Z Blog Challenge: V is for...

Value

Value in art is the lightness or darkness of a colour. It is the differences in value (contrast) that helps us to perceive a drawing or painting as lifelike or three dimensional.

Pretty nifty technique in the artist's arsenal don't you think? 😁

Hatching and shading to show value changes with a Mars Lumograph Black 4B pencil on white paper, artist Linzé Brandon
Hatching and shading to show value changes
with a Staedtler Mars Lumograph Black 4B pencil

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Until Monday!

💛 Linzé 


 

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