Oil Painting for Beginners - Value & Form
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In this course, we will take a more thorough look at using value to create a sense of form. Value is the backbone of great painting, but often our perception is distorted by color.. A value study enables the student to focus on value, form, and detail without the complications of color. If you've taken my course on Poster Studies, you'll recall that poster studies help you to simplify a subject and quickly explore compositional options. The value study begins much the same as a poster study, but it goes much further in exploring form. With a value study, you may choose to blend your values, leave your strokes defined, or a combination of both. You can include as much or as little detail as you'd like.
It's important to do value studies with reference that are in color. You will begin to train your eyes and brain to see the true value of colors and this will be greatly beneficial as you move toward color works. So don't convert your photo reference to black and white! Squint your eyes so that the color information is lessened and you can only see a blurry, abstract scene of value patterns. Feel free to use the reference photos I've attached to this course! If you'd like a drawing template of the mug, it is also attached, You may print it and transfer it to your painting surface (this process is detailed in my course on Poster Studies).
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