ART7+Portrait+Value+Study

Homework: Value Scale
__//Due Date: April 21, 2011//__

This assignment is directly connected to the Portrait Value Study. The objective of this assignment is for you to practice the skill of making shades in the form of a value scale. Value scales are blocks of color that gradually get darker or lighter (Very similar to swatches you pick up at the paint store). For this particular scale we are using pencil as our medium and create different values by the pencil’s pressure to a surface, but more technically by the amount of pencil pigment that is placed on the art surface. Each shade block should be one consistent value. Click on Value Scale with Pencil to see and exemplar.

Homework: Portrait Value Study
__//Due Date: May 8, 2011//__

The objective of this study is for you to see the power of [|Value]. Value is one the main reasons we see the world in 3D. It is the reason we see folds in cloth, a shimmer off a newly waxed sports car and why basketball is a sphere and not just a circle. Because value makes the world 3D, artist use value as a tool to turn a blank canvas into 3D world. Value is often about tricking the eye. Value is used to give the illusion that a painting or drawing is suddenly opening up a view into a magical new space. We are going to use our knowledge and skills in value to turn a blank white sheet of paper into a 3D image of a face.

Click on ART7 useful links to find more information on how artist use value. Click on Portrait Project (Value Study Rubric) to see your assessment tool. Click on Portrait Value Study Exemplars to see examples of successful art pieces.