Value drawing

The idea was to some up with a creative way of creating a scale with 11 values from black to white and everything in between. The human eye can only see 44 different values in between black and white. Apparently the most a person has ever created without using a computer is 12. Here are 11.

Useful exercise in tonal range / values.

Shading techniques: 1 and 2:

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What is Value and Tone in Drawings? Understanding value and tone in your drawings, and how to use it, will empower you to produce more powerful drawings, and represent what you want in your work more dramatically. This article will provide you with an in-depth description of what value is, and how to utilize it

Master tonal values to make your artwork more realistic.

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A Theory of Light and Shade © January 2009 Sheri Lynn Boyer Doty All Illustrations for a theory of light and shade are by Sheri Doty accept for Manet’s painting “The Railway” showing an undefined l…

Today we are going to work on mastering values and tones in your drawings. This is just one of the many things that you will need to learn in order to