Basic Drawing Tonal Values

Basic Drawing Tonal Values
For this class we are dealing only with gray because we are using a pencil. That means that you've already been working with total values with out knowing anything about them Somehow you are able to translate the color that you see into black-and-white simply
by comparing the darkness of one object to another. Now that we understand what tonal values are by definition, we become more aware of what they are through practice. This is the first part of understanding. The Second part of understanding total values is how we can use them creatively in our drawing and how we use them to stay out of trouble.
The first thing we will do is create a value scale. A value scale is a greyscale of 10 iterations from white to black. We make 10 squares on our paper and leave the first square untouched. This represents white. We then shade the next nine squares and try to obtain a gradual scale of progressively greyed squares until we reach the last square which will be black. This is a typical value scale and I'm going to ask you to make your own total value scale. The point of this exercise is to reinforce distinctions in tonal values it may be needless to say but we create a darker value by pressing harder on the pencil or using a softer pencil to make the area darker.
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Beautiful and inspiring.

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A tip that my drawings to the next level, the effortless and easiest way, to advance your graphite drawings, is adding more contrast,by using a darker pencil.That, can provide values, that other mediums have but Graphite lacks! For the very dark values, I use the No12 Pitt Graphite Matt pencil.(not the No14 one, because it adds a bit graphite shine, while the No12 is as dark,without that much shine!). My favorite (by far, pencils to use for drawing, are the Faber Castell 9000 or a (H,HB,2B,4B,6B set of TK9071 graphite leads, loaded in TK 4600/9400 lead holders, plus the No12 Pitt graphite matt. LEad holders were meant for technical dawing, thus they are better for low to med values and yhat's where the No12 pencil, completes the set! Where the 9000 series, cover all the spectrum of values but adding the No12, again provieds even more contrast and deapth to your drawings!
Nice video, always very helpful! Thanks for sharing!!

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Thanks for sharing this info - appreciated