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Alex Austyn This week we began exploring Value . Drawing from a still life, the class made continuous line drawings creating compositions of enclosed positive and negative areas. These shapes were then filled with "closed values" of black, white and two shades of gray. The objective was to establish a rhythm and movement through similarity of value and shape.

Last Thursday the class began working with Value. The project is to make a continuous line drawing of large and medium shapes. Once a composition is established, students fill the spaces with four values: white, light gray, dark gray and black. The class will complete these painting with a critique on Tuesday.

Cody Wilson Last Friday the class began addressing Value and Space. The painting above is an example of two-dimensional space. In 2-d space the pictorial depth is limited. Attention is place on the surface of the picture plane rather than creating the illusion of depth. Although unfinished, Cody's painting has addressed the four values of the project and established a rhythm between them. Notice how your eyes are lead from one shape of a particular value to the next. Remember that we look for similarity within shapes, values, colors, textures, etc.