Value Value - The lightness or darkness of tones or colors. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. Value Scale-A gray scale, a series of spaces filled in or tints and shades of one color, starting with white or the lightest tint on one end, and gradually changing into the darkest shade or black on the other.

The painting on the right is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci The painting on the right is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. How is it different from the painting on the left?

Elements of Art: SPACE & VALUE The feeling of space in a drawing or painting is always an illusion; the illusion of depth on a 2-D surface.  Artists combine the use of the degrees of light and dark value with other techniques to create the illusion of depth or volume to a subject. SPACE! Some of these are: simple overlapping, and linear perspective.  Let’s see how each is used to create the illusion of space in flat, two-dimensional objects like paintings.

Simple overlapping In simple overlapping a figure partially hides an object that’s supposed to be behind it. Since our eyes are easily fooled, we willingly agree that one is closer, the other is further away. 

Linear Perspective Linear perspective is a geometric, mathematical method using receding lines called orthogonals that move toward a vanishing point.  1 and 2 point perspective .

Analyze this painting... This room is the inside of a cube in one point perspective “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci

Where is the vanishing point? How can you tell?

Draw 1 cube above the horizon line 1 cube on the horizon line 1 cube below the horizon line

2 Point Perspective