Understanding Values Discover your "inner artist" as you explore the basic theories and techniques of pencil drawing

by Goldman, Ken

• ISBN13: 9781560109969
• ISBN10: 1560109963
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing

Summary

Values are what give a drawing depth-through the application and variation of lights and darks, you can make your subject appear to come to life on paper. In this book, artist-author Ken Goldman discusses the importance of including a range of values in your drawings and demonstrates several techniques for rendering realistic forms with the effective use of shading and contrast. And through the step-by-step projects, Ken helps you develop your skills by studying composition, drawing the negative space, experimenting with lighting effects, and more.This comprehensive book covers the most essential aspects of understanding value, such as seeing values as shapes, creating a range of contrasts, evoking mood, distributing light and shadow, and using value to create texture. By understanding the importance of darks and lights and learning to see them, you'll be able to give form and dimension to your subjects, as well as create depth and drama in your artwork. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ken Goldman teaches portrait, figure, and landscape painting at the Athenaeum School of Fine Art in La Jolla, California. He studied figure drawing and painting at the New York Studio School, National Academy of Design, and Art Students League in New York; portraiture and figure drawing with Vern Wilson of the Los Angeles Art Center; and watercolor painting with Liane Collot D'Herbois in Europe. Ken's art has been exhibited extensively and appeared in numerous magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(1)
Getting Started	4	(3)
Understanding Value and Shape	7	(1)
Seeing Values	8	(4)
Placing Shapes Accurately	12	(6)
Drawing Values as Shapes	18	(2)
Depicting Form	20	(2)
Arranging Values	22	(2)
Establishing a Light Source	24	(2)
Working with Natural Light	26	(1)
Working with Artificial Light	27	(1)
Exploring Perspective in Shadows	28	(2)
Expressing Illumination	30	(1)
Creating Luminosity	31	(1)
Reinterpreting Values	32	(2)
Distributing Light Intensity	34	(2)
Using Contrast to Attract the Eye	36	(2)
Moving the Eye through the Art	38	(2)
Creating Depth	40	(8)
Capturing Light on Black-and-White	48	(4)
Learning by Copying the Masters	52	(6)
Combining the Elements of Design	58	(4)
Pulling It All Together	62	(2)
Closing Thoughts	64