VALUE
Value – A measure of relative lightness or darkness.
The ACHROMATIC scale (without color) from white
through gray to black.
SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST –
The way we perceive a value is
relative to the value surrounding it.
(Mach Banding)
COLOR: the term for the combined qualities
Of HUE, VALUE and SATURATION (INTENSITY).
William Merritt Chase: Portrait of Irene Dimock
Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran: Portrait of Mme N.M. Polotsova
John Singer Sargent
CHIAROSCURO –
The combination of
light (chiaro) and
dark (scuro).
Caravaggio: Saint John the Baptist Youth with Ram, 1600
Cristofano Allori: Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Jehan Georges Vibert: The Fortune Teller
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890)
VALUE
SATURATION
HUE
Titian
Venus and Adonis, 1560
Francisco Goya : May 3, 1808
Jules Joseph Lefebvre : Japonaise
VALUE
SATURATION
HUE
PROJECT #5 VALUE SCALE
Using bristol cut into 1”x 2” rectangles,
create an 11 step value scale in acrylic
paint using Titanium White and
Ivory Black.
After you are finished with the scale,
place a ½” middle value strip down
the center of the scale.