Value
Value is the range of light to
dark.
Without Light
You Would See Nothing
 No matter how bright
your whitest clothes
are, You will not see
them in absolute
darkness.
With a Little Light
 Your clothes begin
to look gray.
As the Light Increases
 The white clothes
look brighter.
Value Scale
 The Range of Light to Dark
In Black and White Photographs
 You can easily
see light gray
and white.
 And areas of
medium gray and
black.
Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother
White is the Lightest Value
Louise Nevelson
Dawn’s Wedding Chapel IV
Black is the Darkest Value
Louise Nevelson
Sky Cathedral
And Between is the Unlimited
Number of Values
Your Assignment
 Is to work with measurements.
 Create an even transition from light
to dark.
 Working each square individually
Start With
 A 8 1/2 inch by 11 inch paper.
 With your paper horizontal, measure
in and down ½ inch from left top
corner. Make a mark ½ inch down
from top to keep your lines strait.
Then make 1 inch squares drawn
across the paper.
 Divide into 10  1 inch squares
 Start with white and black at the ends
and then establish a mid-range gray.
Gradually expand the chart out till
you have 10 values
 With hatching and cross-hatching
transition the rest of the 1 inch
squares from very light gray to a
dark grey.
Crosshatch
 Establish a
crosshatch
pattern at equal
distances.
 Then adding
layers of
crosshatch in
different
directions
gradually
darkens the
plane.
 You should have a value chart that
shows a range of ten steps from
white to black.
 Dark grays and blacks should not
have a shiny surface.
 Application of graphite should be
evenly applied.
Review
What would you see if there was no
light?
No light =
Black
With a little light, your white would look
(fill in the blank).
Some light =
Gray
What is value?
Value is =
The Range of Light to Dark
What should you see in a black and
white photograph?
Black and white photo
You can easily see light gray and white
as well as areas of medium gray and
black.
The light value is called what?
Adding white =
Increasing the tint.
The dark value is called what?
When adding black =
You add shade.
What pencil technique should be used
when creating your Pencil Value
Scale?
Technique when shading =
Hatching and crosshatching