#6-Shading, Value, & Form

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_____________ Defines how light or dark a given color or hue can be.

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Value

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_____________ Allows the artist to understand and organize different shades from light to dark.

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Value Scale

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__________________ This is an Italian term which literally means 'light-dark'. In paintings the description refers to clear tonal contrasts which are often used to suggest the volume and modelling of the subjects depicted.

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Chiaroscuro

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________________ refers to the lightness or darkness of an object. It is done by setting down various strengths of shading to demonstrate where an object is affected by the light and shadows.

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Tonal Shading

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_________________ the lightest part or one of the lightest parts of a painting, drawing, etc. Especially the area that depicts the areas of the subject receiving the greatest amount of illumination.

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Highlight

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Also called: middle-tone________ & _________ are the intermediate values between light and dark.

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Light & Halftone

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A_____________is the shadow on a subject on the side that is opposite of the light source. A ___________shadow has a softer or less defined edge to it than a cast shadow.

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Form Shadow

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_______ _______ is the darkest dark on the form, and it appears as a line or plane parallel to the light source, benefiting from neither direct light nor reflected light.

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Core Shadow

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_______ _______ is the silhouette that our object projects on the surface where it is standing. Its shape can grow or shrink depending on the angle of the light.

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Cast Shadow

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________ __________ happens when light from a source bounces (or reflects) off objects and surfaces and illuminates other areas/surfaces/objects with that reflecting light

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Reflective Light