Value study

Value scales using line

Examples of the elements of art! Line, Shape, Value, Form, Space, Color, and Texture! Done with several different mediums.

Element of Art: Value because of the shading from white to grey to black.

VALUE SCALES ADVANCED 2-D ART graphite on bristol board with collage paper frame Senior Samantha Tun is the lone ranger in my Advanced 2-D class, that's 3rd year drawing, painting and design. For her 1st assignment she had 3 days to create a 15 step Value Scale (not an easy task). Using a cityscape is a great place to line up values next to each other, but it was her collage frame that caught my eye. I really like how she combined the old Hymnal paper with the tye-dye pieces. Note also how…

Shading techniques: 1 and 2:

Hatching/Crosshatching/Stippling/Blending

This was a wonderful drawing lesson my second practicum student taught to a mixed class of Grade 7-9 students last month. It was well received among students and yielded a high success rate! I believe she found the inspo for the project HERE (via Pinterest). After her demonstration and explanation of positive and negative space, students looked up an image of a houseplant (some chose flowers) online. They drew a contour line drawing (no shading) of this on 8 x 11" cardstock. Once drawn, they…