Working Value Shapes-3: Gradation Within Gradations- Download
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Using a large tree on a hill as her subject, Dianne shows how we can create gradations that show distance within space and how we can gradate individual forms within that space by working from the center light outward. We see images because of contrasts. We see FORMS and SPACE because of GRADATIONS.
Values are determined by what is happening in two distinct areas of any scene or image, all that is within the reach of the light source and all that is in shadow.
This lesson is S20L3 Gradation within Gradations of the WORKING VALUE SHAPES series. Using a large tree on a hill as her subject, Dianne shows how we can create gradations that show distance within space and how we can gradate individual forms within that space by working from the center light outward. We see images because of contrasts. We see FORMS and SPACE because of GRADATIONS.
Values are determined by what is happening in two distinct areas of any scene or image, all that is within the reach of the light source and all that is in shadow. Within areas hit by the light source, some are in being lit directly while others are turning slightly away. Within the shadows, light sometimes reflects and sometimes is totally excluded. All these behaviors create values.
This series explores how the artist can interpret the behaviors of light and of shadow.
This series of tutorials is presented in two pairs. Lessons 1 & 3 are studies, each showing how to use a principle to resolve an issue. Lessons 2 & 4 each take the previous study to a conclusion, showing how to use those same principles to bring convert the study into a painting.
With every brushstroke we make, we are composing. Just as with any creation, we begin with a structure, then as the art work begins we place shapes and colors according the concept with which we are working. But the time comes when we move to a different level of thinking and decision-making–that moment when our intention becomes to bring clarity and resolution to the work.
Among Dianne’s passions about painting and teaching painting is how composing principles can expand creative freedom if the artist transcends the “rule” idea and instead, transforms the principle into a tool that opens creative doors.
Read Dianne’s Compose blog posts HERE. Visit Dianne’s website and example her work HERE. And visit her YouTube Channel with dozens of Quick Tips HERE.
