Value

What is value in drawing?

• your first sketch in a drawing

• the outline of a drawing

• all of the colors in an object

• the lights and darks of an object and all the gray in between

Does this drawing have value?

• Yes

• No

How can you make the lightest possible gray value?

• very heavy pressure with your pencil

• very light pressure with your pencil

• do not use your pencil to color at all

• use a gray marker

If you use heavy pressure when drawing, you will make...

• the lightest possible gray

• a pretty picture :)

• the darkest possible gray

• a medium gray

Why should you be careful not to add too much pressure when making a dark value?

• you could damage the paper

• your value will be too dark

• you will hurt your hand

• this is a trick question, there's no such thing as too much pressure

How many directions should you shade in to begin practicing value?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 27

How do you make an even value application?

• use water to blend the pencil

• make choppy strokes with your pencil

• smudge your pencil

• evenly apply the different pencil directions through the whole area you are covering

Does this drawing have value?

• Yep!

• Nah

Are you ready to try to make your own value scale?

• yes!

• yes but I'm a little nervous

• no, I have a question about value