Value Value is the range of light to

dark.

Without LightYou Would See Nothing

No matter how bright your whitest clothes are, You will not see them in absolute darkness.

With a Little Light Your clothes begin

to look gray.

As the Light Increases The white clothes

look brighter.

Value Scale

The Range of Light to Dark

In Black and White Photographs

You can easily see light gray and white.

And areas of medium gray and black.

Dorothea Lange

Migrant Mother

White is the Lightest Value

Louise Nevelson

Dawn’s Wedding Chapel IV

Black is the Darkest Value

Louise Nevelson

Sky Cathedral

And Between is the Unlimited Number of Values

Your Assignment

Is to work with measurements. Create an even transition from light

to dark. Working each square individually

Start With

A 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch paper. With your paper horizontal, measure

in and down ½ inch from left top corner. Make a mark ½ inch down from top to keep your lines strait. Then make 1 inch squares drawn across the paper.

Divide into 10 1 inch squares

Start with white and black at the ends and then establish a mid-range gray. Gradually expand the chart out till you have 10 values

With hatching and cross-hatching transition the rest of the 1 inch squares from very light gray to a dark grey.

Crosshatch Establish a

crosshatch pattern at equal distances.

Then adding layers of crosshatch in different directions gradually darkens the plane.

You should have a value chart that shows a range of ten steps from white to black.

Dark grays and blacks should not have a shiny surface.

Application of graphite should be evenly applied.

Review

What would you see if there was no light?

No light =

Black

With a little light, your white would look (fill in the blank).

Some light =

Gray

What is value?

Value is =

The Range of Light to Dark

What should you see in a black and white photograph?

Black and white photo

You can easily see light gray and whiteas well as areas of medium gray and

black.

The light value is called what?

Adding white =

Increasing the tint.

The dark value is called what?

When adding black =

You add shade.

What pencil technique should be used when creating your Pencil Value Scale?

Technique when shading =

Hatching and crosshatching