Week 18 - Value: how artists use value
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This
week, I was given some lectures to watch that would inform me on value and the
importance of getting correct value in my drawings.
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Value is
a core fundamental of drawing that is incredibly important to the believability
of your images, and so any chance I can get to improve or inform my shading
skills would be very impactful.
Breaking down my reference image:
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I set up
this still life, aiming for a range of different materials, patterns, and
values.
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I liked
the composition as a whole; I thought the flowers and the shape of the vase was
interesting, and there was some high contrast in value around the black bottle
and the darker areas oof the right bottle.
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I was
forced to use the windowsill for this due to it being the only place I could get
strong, directional lighting, and I regret using it as a backdrop because it
didn’t provide a flat background.
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Reference |
Final Piece:
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When
developing this piece, I tried developing the values in light layers throughout
to gauge their relative values as described in the lectures. I struggled with
breaking down the glass materials this week whilst also trying to apply the
lecture content.
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I was not
overly fond of the piece at this stage, it looked very flat, and it looked a
lot stiffer than my usual pieces. I found myself overcompensating for the pattern
flower’s line weight overall with harsh lines.
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The most
positive thing I can say about this piece is that I seem to be getting sizing
and proportion correct, as well as perspective on objects like the boxes.
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If I were
to do this again, I would have taken a lot more care into the piece as a whole –
I could feel myself being sloppy and hitting a wall which I was working through.
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Final piece |
Final piece - Updated:
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I updated
the final piece from before, trying to smooth out the tones and add more
contrast to the piece overall. I also tried refining the lines throughout to
better establish the separation of objects.
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These
were subtle edits that mostly focussed on value areas instead of fixing the
issues with the bottle symmetry, since that was the focus of this week’s task.
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The bottle
on the right seems to be very wonky now that I see it after a day’s break, so I
would fix that in a future edit.
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If I were
to do this again, I would fix the bottle, and deepen the shading on both the fabric
at the back and the boxes at the front so I could define the shapes better. And
have the objects sit in the midground better as described in the lectures.
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Updated final piece |
Final Conclusions:
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I am not
as happy with this week as I could be it seems like a downgrade of a piece in
comparison to the week before with my stag skull in the museum.
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I have
learnt a lot from this week however, and I am happy I did this week to attempt
to understand value better.
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