Below is a quote that I have pasted into the front of my Strathmore toned paper sketch book as a reminder to never skip the basics:
"Value does all the work
and colour gets all the glory"
(author unknown)
"Value does all the work
and colour gets all the glory"
(author unknown)
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| Patterns: focus light, focus Dark, light "baby" and light "mama". |
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| Group 1 Value Patterns grid |
I created this little grid in my Strathmore toned paper sketch book to remind myself to play with the value pattern configurations. The value patterns are the "bones" of the painting.
Often when I am feeling quite lost, or if my painting is losing what I was aiming for, a quick review of my value sketch is incredibly helpful and quickly puts me back on track.
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| My art journal: Practice sketches |
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| My art journal: Practice sketches |
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| My art journal: Practice sketches |
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| My art journal: Acrylic sketch based on value sketch |
Links to Other Artist's Pages
- Color Theory - Tonal Value (***)
- Book: "Your Artist's Brain - Finding interesting value patterns in your photos"
- Book: "Watercolor Simplified - Value Painting from a Sketch"
- Artist David Kessler; Value Studies: The Artist's Essential Tool
- Artist Jim Oberst: Artist Tip #18 - Design Guidelines: Value Patterns, Part 2
- Artist Linda Blondheim: some tips about using Notan to find values
- Blog: Making A Mark: Composition - why tonal values and contrast are important (***)
- Blog: Making A Mark: Sally Strand's Val -U - Viewer
- Blog: Watercolorists of Whatcom: Tonal Value Pattern
- Blog: Life Plein Air: Observation 7: Value Values
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| Tools from my sketch kit |
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