1. Value (Element of Art) Is the lightness and darkness of a color. Is the lightness and darkness of a color. Is used in black, white, and gray, but also in colored artwork. Is used in black, white, and gray, but also in colored artwork.

2. Value changes can create: Depth of Space Depth of Space Illusion of Form Illusion of Form Contrast Contrast Emphasis Emphasis

3. Light and Dark Shade Shade  The degree to which a color is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated; gradation of darkness. Tint Tint  A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lighten and to lessen its saturation.

4. Value changes: Depth The closer objects and figures are to the audience of an artwork, the darker they will need to be. The closer objects and figures are to the audience of an artwork, the darker they will need to be.

5. Value changes: Emphasis Most of this design is made with lower levels of contrast in value. Most of this design is made with lower levels of contrast in value. Your eyes keep going back to the black next to the white. Your eyes keep going back to the black next to the white.

6. Value changes: Form Using different shades or tints of any color can help create the illusion of a 3-D form. Using different shades or tints of any color can help create the illusion of a 3-D form.

7. Sample of a value gray scale, using line to shade

8. Compare these Picasso paintings regarding value.

9. How did Mary Cassatt use value in these paintings?