Value - What is it?

1. Value is so important in art because without value there wouldn't be any art, the reason why you see stuff, the objects around you, is because of value, it tells you about the item. In this picture you can see the artist shaded the underneath and the back leg of the wolf darker then the rest of the wolf because there is a shadow being cast.

2. The element of value relates to the element of texture because in order to make texture you need to have value to distinguish the texture. In this picture the artist uses value to make the wolf look furry.

3.

i) Cross Hatching                                                                                                       ii) Shading













iii) Scribble Hatching                                                                                                 iv) Stippling

                                           









v) Hatching

4. "building Value" means lightness and darkness, the darker it gets the more  value it has and the lighter it is the less value you have.


5. We best see value by using lightness and darkness, and shadows, since the highest value is when it's darker shadows have a lot of value and are usually easy to see.