I have periodically had trouble recognizing differences in value. Those differences are sometimes quite subtle. Perhaps some of you have too. For example, is red darker in value than blue; is blue darker in value than violet.
In a
previous post I mentioned that I was taking an online course from the
Gail Harker Center. It is absolutely amazing what discoveries can be made when you play with a bit of paint and start mixing.
An exercise that we had to do for our studies involved creating a gray scale. It will help with deciphering value of different colours. Here is the scale that I created.
I have nine values from white to black. The holes punched in the scale will help when placed over a piece of fabric. If the fabric is very similar in value to one of the scales, I will be able to determine the value of that fabric in comparison to another. Something that will come in very handy when selecting fabrics for .... hmmm...let's say a Lone Star quilt.
Must get back to playing. Till the next time.
4 comments:
what a great idea! and what a great grey scale you created. Have fun playing!
I have done a similar exercise to create a value "chart"......but the punched hole idea is brilliant!
One idea I got from laura kemshall is to cut squares of the different values in a photo you are drawing and use them to see how your value compares to the true value by sliding it over the drawing
Fantastic idea, love it as I cannot pick color values very well!
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