Dynamic Figure Drawing
Value and Value Scales
A course by Shane Wolf , Artist
About the video: Value and Value Scales
Overview
“In this lesson, we will be talking all about value. We will be creating several value scales with our pencils in order to learn about their strengths and limitations. And I will also teach you a very simple yet very important technical fact of using graphite that is key to making a technically sound drawing. ”
In this video lesson Shane Wolf addresses the topic: Value and Value Scales, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Figure Drawing. Learn how to capture the shape and movement of the human body.
Partial transcription of the video
“Before we talk about anything else, we need to talk about value in this lesson. Now, what is value? It's important to know exactly what that is. Essentially, the value is the world in black and white. In monochrome more precisely. No color, no chroma, no hue, no anything. It's just how light or how dark something is. That's all. Now, the reason one needs to know a lot about value is because you need to know that value is the key to dimensionality in our work. Say we, of course, in our world are working only with two dimensions, whereas nature is working in three dimensions. So in order to a...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Figure Drawing
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

Shane Wolf
A course by Shane Wolf
Shane Wolf is an artist from the US who has been based in Paris, France for over ten years. After receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati, he set off for the French Alps to work as a ski designer.
It was during a backpacking trip when he realized his true passion and calling: to explore his inner artist with unwavering determination. He set off to Florence, Italy, where he studied at the Angel Academy of Art. Today, Shane is a professional painter working from his studio in Paris, where he experiments and seeks to express the depth of humanity through his art.
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