Drawing - Chapter 3 Review
To what does the art element value refer?
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of grays and colors.
Value
An element of design that refers to the lightness or darkness of grays and color.
Explain how light affects the value of colors or gray tones.
Areas facing a light source are lightest in value. Areas facing away from a light source are darker. Light also creates shadows. A single bright light creates shadows that are sharp and dark-valued. Multiple light sources or indirect lighting produces lighter shadows with softer edges. Shadows and varying shades of gray can create the illusion of three-dimensional space or volume.
What type of values do high-keyed and low-keyed colors have? Give the titles of an image in this chapter that has mainly high-keyed values and that of another that has mainly low-keyed values.
Artworks with many light-valued colors are high-keyed. A work that uses mainly dark-valued colors are low-keyed. High-keyed colors are found in Years of Fear by Roberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren. Low-keyed colors are found in Aurora Borealis by Frederick Edwin Church.
Value contrast
Dark and light values placed together. Black in proximity to white creates the greatest value contrast.
High-keyed
Describing colors or values that are light tints, created by the use of white, such as in pastel colors.
Low-keyed
Describing colors or values that's dark tints, usually created by the use of black or gray.
Why did Louise Nevelson paint most of her sculptures a monochromatic black, white, or gold?
She painted most of her sculptures monochromatic black, white, or gold because she wanted to emphasize and give power to the forms.
How can artists use values to create a center of interest?
Some artists prefer to use a strong value contrast.
Center of interest
The area of an artwork toward which the eye is directed; visual focal point.
In landscapes, where are the darker values usually found?
The darker values are usually found in areas farthest from the viewer.
