[Susan Abston Wiley, Artist] Value Studies

[Susan Abston Wiley]

 Value Study 1, above

 Value Study 2, above

Value Study 3, above
On the second day at Carol Marine's workshop, she talked and did a demo about values and how they should never be equal in a painting, and then gave us our first exercise for the week.  We were to set up a still life, determine what portion (most, less, or least, or the "pop," as Carol called it) each of the three main values (dark, mid-tone, light) were, and then paint it accordingly, having about 15 minutes per study.  For my first study, the jar, the main value was mid-tone, less was dark, and the pop was light.  In the second study, the bowl with fork and spoon, the main value was dark, less was the mid-tone, and the pop was still the light areas.  For the last study, the more abstracted view of a cup, the main value was mid-tone, less was the light cup, and the pop was the shadow and a bit of the inside of the cup.  What do you think, do they read correctly?  Overall, it was an interesting exercise, but my squinting muscles in my eyes got REALLY tired!

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Posted By Susan Abston Wiley to Susan Abston Wiley, Artist at 4/01/2012 10:25:00 AM