So many ways to interpret this word! The Pieces weigh in!
Cindy...
Cindy Michaud
www.cindymichaud.com
So I did a "value study" on top of a painting that I decided had no other "value." The blue tape lines are protecting the frame which I realized was glued to the board! This will be the underpainting for an overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I lifted some of the black/gray/white paint to reveal the reddish color underneath. This value study should make an easy recipe for adding color....keeping the tones consistent to this underpainting. Sometimes folks say they like the painting just as it is. And you?
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Carmen...
Ghost Ship
20x20
I did this value study for my painting of a foundered sailboat. The colors in the finished painting are very muted, as were the colors of that post-hurricane day. It's always interesting to visit the beach after a hurricane, but you never expect to see a sight like this.
Carmen Beecher
www.carmenbeecher.com
www.carmensart.etsy.com
www.carmenbeecher.blogspot.com
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Kathy...
I thought about "Value" a lot for this challenge. (And I worked on the idea so much, it's enough for another blog entry.) But in reality, I rarely think about value when I'm creating. My focus is almost always on a strong graphic and interesting patterns. Because I sketch in just black and white, I automatically have my "darkest darks balanced with my lightest lights." And the patterns I enjoy so much tend to create in between values. A recent page from my sketchbook gives an example. (Click to enlarge.)
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| Silver Spring, Florida - Leaves around Cabin, from sketchbook Nov. 14, 2017 See more at www.snailflower.etsy.com |
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Donna...
Value is one of the things I struggle with the most. I have a terrible habit of "drifting" while I am painting. I get caught up in the subject and not what I really see and before you know it I have changed something. Many times it is the value. This teapot was blue but like all paintings it was really darks, lights and shadows.
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| Teapot Donnavinesart.Etsy.com Donnavinesart.blogspot.com |
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Carol...
Value can mean many things. Today I am thinking about how much I value my blog readers and the people who have supported my art over my past 10 years, that I have been selling art on the internet.
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Many of you have asked about my moving sale. After 40+ years of living on the Florida coast, we are pulling up roots and moving to the mountains of western North Carolina. From the Atlantic to the Blue Ridge!
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It is both exciting and frightening. Leaving family and friends behind is heartbreaking, but the mountains are calling us. It's now or never and we decided on now!
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Today I am posting a few of my favorites that are still available. With the upcoming holidays, .
it's the perfect time to get a head start on your gift list or your wish list, and I promise you, it will be a great VALUE!
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Fay...
As a basis for the poem Quilting
from the Outside In in my collaboration with George Snyder for the Transformations project, I used this photo by
Bob St. Claire. After almost 20 years, beat up and faded, it is still one of my
favorites. Whenever I look at it, I am taken back home to the mountains where
my ancestors settled in the 1700s.
For this project, I have revisited this photo to enjoy
working with it again. Value has never been my forte. In fact, even when
concentrating on it, I still have trouble making those subtle distinctions in
shading. I’ve been thinking more practice might help. So I started by making a
black and white copy of the photo.
Now onto the value study.
I chose an old piece of cardboard, which was not a wise choice. However, I
proceeded and here it is. I’m somewhat satisfied that I have captured the
depth. In any case, I have enjoyed the journey and hope in the future to try fabric collages
with an abstract version of these comforting old friends.
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