For today we’re just going to play with creating shadows. Shadows help our perspective, depth perception, and order. Without them everything would appear flat.
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Let’s Play with Shadows
Posted in Contrasts/Values, Fundamentals, tagged shadows depth 3D on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Playing with Contrasts: Lights & Darks
Posted in Contrasts/Values, Fundamentals, tagged contrast values grayscale lights darks on August 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
You’ll actually learn more about colors by coloring or painting in grayscale. It’s the contrasts, the lightest lights to the darkest darks that provide the most interest and drama.
Let’s Play with Values
Posted in Contrasts/Values, Fundamentals, tagged black, shades of gray, values, white on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last umpteen years, the term “values” has been tossed about in the cultural, political, and religious venues, mostly to profess who has more values than anyone else. Today, I’m going to talk with you about fundamental values in the art/creativity world. In art, the term ‘values’ refers to the varying shades of color [...]
