Lesson: Value Scales

Lesson
The Value Scale

Example of the Value Scale by Sinthia Cousineau

Vocabulary

Value: the visible lightness or darkness of a color. White is the lightest value; black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes is called middle gray.

Hatching: is an artistic technique used to create tonal or shading effects by drawing (or painting or scribing) closely spaced parallel lines.

Cross-hatching: to draw or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.

Shading: depicting levels of darkness on paper by applying media more densely or with a darker shade for darker areas, and less densely or with a lighter shade for lighter areas.

Line: An element of art defined as a point moving in space.

Space: An element of art in which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth achieved in a work of art.

Texture: An element of art that refers to the way things feel or appear to feel if they were to be touched.

Hue: Name of color.

Intensity: Quality of brightness and purity. High intensity is when the color is strong and bright, low intensity is when the color is faint and dull.

Shape: An element of art that is 2D, flat and limited to height and width.