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what's value?


Question Posted Monday December 4 2006, 9:46 pm

ok im doin this art homework i hav and all i hav to do is draw 5 drawings with "value" in it. the problem is i don't get wat value is. my teacher showed me some examples of wat people drew and all i saw were people and faces but lookin in a sort of anime art style(with the really cool detailed eyes and hair)and i don't get wat value is. is it the shading or darkness of the color of somethin like that? any websites that have drawing like that might be helpful for me to understand and might help me come up wit an idea because im not really creative at all and i stink at art.

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Natty137 answered Thursday December 7 2006, 2:19 pm:
Value is basically shading. The easiest way to show value if you aren't really an artist is to draw a simple circle and shade one side of it, then shade where the shadow would come from. Boxes are easy that way too. If you don't understand it, you can look at my website. There are a bunch of pencil drawings on there and it will show you the proper way to shade (or show value. www.designsbynatty.com

Another way to think of value:

Think of it this way. You are drawing on a piece of paper which is a two dimensional object. Whatever you draw on the paper is going to be two dimensional also. Value is making that two dimensional object appear as if it is three dimensional.

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Sima answered Monday December 4 2006, 11:32 pm:
"The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray."

-- Definition from Google.

Value is much like shading [values]. So if you're shading, by going lighter [less pressure on the pencil] and darker [more pressure on the pencil], you are using value.

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Solaris answered Monday December 4 2006, 11:18 pm:
Value is creating light and shadow. I.E. A sun hitting a house. The side facing the sun will be bright and such. The other side of the house will cast a shadow. This can include anything with light hitting it. Think of someone standing in a spotlight. Bright and casts a shadow.

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theymos answered Monday December 4 2006, 10:31 pm:
value is how light or dark something is. I suppose something with a lot of value would have a lot of contrast and shading.

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DonutHolez567 answered Monday December 4 2006, 10:30 pm:
i had a lot of art assignments where i had to use value as well.
im pretty sure that its just how light or dark you shade something to give it different amounts of depth and im also pretty sure giving it i sight outline(shadow) shows value too.

heres a definition.
relative lightness or darkness of a color : LUMINOSITY(luminousity is how bright showthing is shown) b : the relation of one part in a picture to another with respect to lightness and darkness


i really hope this helps let me know how it goes

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