Value/ Tone

Lesson 1: look at video on the Elements of Art: Value above and The virtual instructor: Value

Lesson: 2 and 3

Print worksheet to produce tonal shading exercises (link below) for printing.

Basic Photoshop mini project- learn to transform image to Black and white and posterise the image.

1 2 3 4

Lesson 4:

1. Take a photograph of the student and upload to Photoshop Elements

2. Go to enhance- convert to black and white

3. Go to Adjustments- then posterise and play with the LEVELS to get simple shapes

4. Go to enhance- Adjust lighting- play around with brightness/ contrast

Lesson 5 and 6:

print out posterised photo and use light box to trace and then shade using . Print it out A5 size or just simply place an A4 paper on the screen and trace around it.

Home work activity or cover work worksheet: http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/tips_tools/downloads/exploring_value.pdf

Extra work:

Using a grid worksheet: transfer of portrait photo using a grid.

Link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=15NcDnsHZtYx2IRpKHE3Z3B4xAUdG6fRG

1. Select a black and white image from a newspaper.

2. tear the image and glue in sketchbook leaving gaps.

3. You can do this exercise using pencil or paint.

4. join the images using line- you can twist and turn the line before joining the other side.

5. start to match the tone and continue it until you join the other side- you can change the tone in the middle of the process of joining with tone one piece to the other.