Week 7!

Week seven!

- Again we had a brief overview of the next assignment. We were told that the end book must contain thumbnails showing the development of every finished design.
- The finished picture does not necessarily need to be complete (coloured, perfected/ cleaned-up), it can in fact be very messy as long as the RESEARCH, DESIGN and PROCESS is very clear and developed!!!!

Now onto the lecture! Today we learnt about VALUE!

Before colour comes value- the focal part of a rough should always be the lightest.
Darker values can be used to show objects in the foreground.

Mark gave us some tips on ‘Tonal Markers’- Dark (8,9,10) Mid (2,3) and Light (4,5,6).

NOTE: Don’t ever colour something before you do Value- this is the most important step to producing an effective interesting picture.

Principles of Value : Object Definition.
Expression
Decoration

Value is directly related to lighting. There are two types of Shadows:
Form shadows – Help to distinguish the ‘form’ of an object- ie- darkened face the eye-sockets may be shadowed but we know by their shape and position that eyes rest there.
Cast Shadows – An example is that a persons shadow on grass will not be sharp and clean but instead will move in bumpy cuts and crevasses along the grass (shows the landscape).

Every shadow in your picture should give you visual cues that can be read as a way to recognise what it is that we are looking at

Consider light source drawing. Always take into account that every picture you draw will have a light source.
Warm lights need cool shadows
Cool lights need warm shadows

Take into account reflective lights also- this will be very subtle but when added increase the quality of your drawing.

Neutral objects: be aware that hey will appear light against a darker shadows and dark against a lighter background volumes.

Hue: The base colour. Each colour can have only one Hue. On a computer screen and with paint creates totally different Hue qualities.
- Chroma: Intensity of the Hue.
- Temperature: a relative term- ie. Cool Red, Hot Red.

If you can or unless it in done intentionally, try to avoid flat colour. Adding very subtle patterning over a colour can create a richness and sensuality that wasn’t there before.

How to use Value effectively in your art.

- Advancing and Receding
- Locating the centre of interest (always the lighter part of the picture)
- Masking your values

Never have a totally neutral picture. (Avoid grey)- instead stay predominantly with light and dark.
Also avoid have the colour distribution too balanced. Try to follow:
20% either light or dark
60% Neutral
15% the remaining (light or dark)

Digital art- one tip is to go around the frame of the picture with an airbrush to darken the frame. This draws attention ‘into’ the picture.