Painting values

Learn how to craft a painting with just four well-chosen values, and in result—be able to create even more complex and engaging works of art!

On color value: All of us, beginners and experienced painters alike, can benefit from a refresher course in the bedrock principles of ...

I created this post to discuss how an artist can think technically about achieving an intended value key discussed in the previous post. This method helps to simplify an overwhelming number of values into a more workable structure at early stages of a painting (a digital one in this case). The loose renderings below are quick head studies from my imagination as they might be lit for dramatic and compositional purposes. I began with this basic head drawing which indicates some of the major…

Master tonal values to make your artwork more realistic.

It is really quite easy to give the impression of form by using just two values. This is called the two-value statement. Know more about it!

An introductory guide to tonal values for artists. #learnhowtopaint #tonalvalues #howtopaintlight #darkandlightvalues

some values and clors studies from the masters

Join George Strickland with his opinion on the importance of values and how the key to mastering values is to simplify them.

Watercolor painting art videos on how to paint street scenes & architecture, night scenes with people and coastal beaches with atmosphere in the landscape from Andy Evansen, a nationally acclaimed artist, and workshop teacher