value
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Student Work: Colored Ground
Here is a collection of recent student work exploring the idea of a colored ground —…
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Color Your Ground
This post is about the influence of a colored ground on a finished work. A rich…
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Student Work: The Figure in Restricted Value
Restricted value works on anything. Once you internalize the technique and the mindset it requires —…
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Student Work: Restricted Value Still Life
When I first started teaching drawing I was asked to take on a class focused primarily…
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Janet Fish
Janet Fish (b. 1938) is an American painter known for her lifelong exploration of light and…
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Mach Bands
Have you ever noticed that when two slightly different shades of gray sit next to each…
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Value Shapes Tutorial
The above is a video tutorial going over the concept of Value Shapes and using a…
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Joshua Marsh: Shadow Glow
“Marsh is creating two distinct bodies of work: pencil drawings, where textures are articulated with…
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Judy Chicago: Color Vision
“After struggling for a decade in a male-dominated art community, I decided to take the risk…
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White & Black
Above is an image by Vija Celmins, a spiderweb from 1999. In truth she has erased…