Element of Art: Value

The lightness and darkness of an object.

• Color

• Value

• Balance

• Line

A series of spaces filled with the tints and shades of one color, starting with white or the lightest tint on one end, and gradually changing into the darkest shade or black on the other.

• Major scale

• Fish scale

• Pentatonic scale

• Value scale

Any device/sun serving as a source of illumination.

• Sun

• Light source

• Lamp

• Cast shadow

A technique of shading so that there is a gentle and gradual transition from one to the other.

• Value

• Blending

• Stippling

• Hatching

A diagram used to show different degrees of light to dark.

• Value Scale

• Gradation

• Chiaroscuro

• Contrast

Artists use _______ to show value, form, and depth of an object. 

It is using the value scale on a form or object.

The shading technique that gradually adds values by applying pressure to the side of the pencil. The more pressure added, the darker the values appear. It is generally an artist's preferred choice of shading.

• Blending

• Hatching

• Cross-Hatching

• Stippling

• Scribbling/

  Scumbling

The direction from which a dominant light is coming from is called the?

• Light

• Light Source

• Highlight

• Highlight Source

Artist's use _______ to change shapes into forms.

____________ is the technique where you move your pencil in a circular motion.

• Circulism

• Stipplong

• Scumbling

• Cross Hatching