Sunday, January 17, 2021

Shading and Blending Values: Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate



In this lesson, we will learn how to use VALUE to make our drawings look more realistic.  Value is the relative lightness or darkness of a color.  Think about coloring with a pencil.  If you press down hard, you will get a dark line.  With the same pencil, you can touch your paper lightly with the tip of your pencil and color in a very light grey.  These are examples of two different values of the same color.  

Watch this video, and create a value scale that shows how many different grays you can make with the same pencil:
Sample Value Scale



Now, follow along with this next video to learn how to use value to change a 2-D circle to a 3-D sphere.  Then, use that practice to create a drawing of Cloud Gate (AKA, "The Bean")





 To turn in work, copy this code:  WCCP-WSTF

No comments:

Post a Comment

Stormy Seas Ahead

Rembrandt's Stolen Work, Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee  My favorite new project this year was one I came up with when I was...