value
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Heavy Value: The Art of Käthe Kollwitz
It’s been a little while since I spent some time looking at the art of Käthe…
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Raymond Lemstra: Sculpting With Line
At what point does cross contour become cross hatching? When does line turn into value? The…
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Roger Brown’s Mystical Atmospheric Perspective
Roger Brown (1941–1997) was an American artist and painter. Often associated with the Chicago Imagist school,…
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Depth Through Value
This entire post consists of images pulled from one of the most amazing blogs on the…
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Toned Paper Drawings from the MET
The Three Graces (recto) | Christoph Murer Alphonse Legros Wolfgang Huber Jacob Backer Louis de Boullogne…
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Morandi: Etchings and Watercolors
Among the most celebrated and influential artists of the twentieth century, Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964) is best…
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Gustave Dore: Leading The Eye With Light
How does one lead the viewer’s eye around a composition? If visual grammar is used effectively…
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Student Work: Charcoal vs. Digital Portraits
Student value studies done for homework in charcoal (left) and with further instruction in class (right)…
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Demo: Neocolor Pastels (dry method)
This demo covers the basics of using Neocolor black and white pastels. The pastels are waxy…
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Restricted Value on Toned Paper
Above: Student examples of restricted value on toned paper from my classes at the University of…