ValueShape

PatternTexture

RepetitionPortraiture

Positive/Negative Space

Lightness and darkness of a tone or color

Value

Drawing techniques that create value include…

Hatching/Cross-Hatching… Stippling…

…as well as blending & shading!

BLENDING:smearing to create smooth transitions between values and tones

SHADING:Shadow:an area that is NOT or is partially illuminated

Highlight:the area on any surface which reflects the most light

We are attracted to dramatic shifts in value

A word borrowed from Italian meaning “light and shade” or harshly contrasting lights and darks

Chiaroscuro

We add value to shapes to create our artwork

ShapeA two-dimensional enclosed area

Geometric OrganicAmorphous

Geometric Shapes:

have clear edges and anglesex. Square, circle, triangle

Organic Shapes:

are irregular shapes or shapes found in nature

Amorphic Shape:

have no apparent shape or organization

are abstract—more organic than geometric

Positive & Negative Space

Positive - area that objects occupyNegative - area around objects

which is negative space?

The way in which shapes are arranged

can create repetition and texture in an artwork

Repetition

repeating an object or art elementcreates Pattern and Rhythm…

TextureActual:You can touch and feel the texture

Real Texture

Simulated/Implied:Looks like it would have texture if you touched it

Visual Texture

Here are some well-known artists who use

PATTERN, VALUE, and TEXTUREin their artwork…

Gustav Klimt

Austrian,1862-1918

•Art Nouveau patterns•Textiles•Figures•Gold leaf paint

Klimt, The Kiss, 1908

Klimt, Death and Life, 1910

Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907

Patricia PolaccoAmerican, b. 1944

•Children’s book author & illustrator•Russian & Ukranian background•People, stories….•B&W graphite contrasted with colorful patterns

Polacco, from Rechenka’s Eggs

Polacco, from The Keeping Quilt

Kehinde WileyNew York based, b. 1977

•Realistic portraits of urban Af-Am, African, Afro-Braziliam men from streets of Harlem•Heroic poses•Traditional Renaissance poses and motifs contrasted with contemporary urban fashion and “real people”•Patterned backgrounds

Wiley, Samuel Johnson, 2009Wiley, Adam Byrd, 2012

Vincent van Gogh Chuck Close

Andy Warhol NormanRockwell

A portrait is an artwork done

in which the subject is a person or animal

A self-portrait is an artwork done in which

the subject matter is the artist themselves

Kathe Kollwitz Pablo Picasso

Portrait?

What are WE doing?

Creating realistic

portraits with pencil focusing

on value

Using colored pencil to make patterned and

textured backgrounds

…the subjects are NOT directly centered…---COMPOSITION of background design---

Notice that…

…they have interesting expressions…and a range of values

in the portrait AND the background…

…the backgrounds are colorful, vibrant and include MANY different patterns and textures…Variety of SIZE – SHAPE (organic/geometric) -

COLORS

…those patterns and textures are made up of lots of different types of repeating shapes…

Value, Texture & Patternwith Colored Pencils

Value with Colored Pencil—How?

• Increase pencil pressure• Color layer with a darker color

• Use a colorless blender or blending tool

start by creating a VALUE scale strip with graphite pencil

(shading & blending)

Drawing People

Proportions

Line v. Shapes with value

Which looks more realistic?Why?

Value created by shading and highlighting!!!

Steps to Take

1.Choose a portrait photo to work2.Print photo as large as possible3.Using graphite pencils, create a realistic portrait of head and neck/shoulders only. Focus is on creating multiple VALUES through shading, highlighting, smudging.4.Using inspiration from Klimt, Polacco, and Wiley, create an interesting background with colored pencils. Focus is on creating VALUES and a minimum of 5 different PATTERNS and TEXTURES.