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Value

Value is the range of light to dark in a work of art. 

A video about Value

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Value can be better understood when it is visualized as a scale. 

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This is a Value Scale

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Value scales can also be made using color.

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Shading

Value in drawings is described as shading. 

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Types of shading:

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Hatching

Cross-Hatching

Stippling

Shading on objects:

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Tones, Tints, & Shades

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Color + White = Tint

Color + Gray = Tone 

Color + Black = Shade 

Artists Using Value

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M.C. Escher, Drawing Hands, 1948

Retrieved From: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.54237.html

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Rufino Tamayo, Women of Tehuantepec, 1939

Retrieved from: https://artclasscurator.com/elements-of-art-examples/#color

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