ART VALUES PRINCIPLES & ELEMENTS IN DESIGN COMPOSITION : Use Tones & Values to Create Interest in Drawings

Color, Value and Hue

Color is one of the most powerful of elements. It has tremendous expressive qualities. Understanding the uses of color is crucial to effective composition in design and the fine arts.

Drawing from Line to Life : Tone and Value in our Drawings

Pencil drawing using only tone (or value) and no line. Includes many ways to apply tone - zigzag, hatching, cross-hatching, circular, powdered graphite, etc - overcoming problems, using contrasts, working dark to light, and more...

How to Shade, Render, Paint Values Drawing Lesson, White Cubes Exercise for Artist. Part 1 of 3

How to shade, render, tone, paint values drawing lesson, white cubes gray scale exercise for artist. It is part one of the three cubes exercise. They are one white cube, one black one, and one a mid grey.

Principles of Design: Value

Value, also sometimes referred to as tone, is the relative lightness and darkness of an object. It has nothing to do with the price of the design! As soon as you place an object on your blank canvas (whether for print or web) that element has value.

The Importance of Value & Tone in Painting

Little did I know that my drawing background would give me a good foundation in tone, otherwise known as value. Value is how light or dark that color is.