Monday, March 28, 2011
Back To Basics
I want to practice value, just the basic white to black. My tool for setting values is the Gray Scale & Value Finder from The Color Wheel Company. I'm using Faber-Castells from 4H to 4B. It's so cool to be back where I started, with a pencil that is. I remember at when might have been the first botanical exhibit I ever attended, this absolutely beautiful rhododendron, 16 x 20 or so, done up so finely with graphite. I'd never realized the possibilities of the humble pencil.
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A few days ago I was copying a page done in colored pencil from my sketchbook on my printer/scanner for a project and accidently hit the B&W button- it was a teeny bit shocking to see the page in tonal value only and I wound up spending a bit of extra time reworking the values across the entire drawing. One can never practice the basics too much!
ReplyDeleteI like sitting back and reviewing my practice, noticing where value changes are apparent and where they are not. Good feedback for further practice. More with a different spin this evening.
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