Light

Art 8Sewanhaka Central High School District

September 2011

by Diane Lennea

What is Light in Art?

What is Value?

Value has two very different meanings in art.

“Monetary Value” is that VanGogh’s Sunflowers sold for 80 million dollars.

“Value Scale” refers to the lightness or darkness of a color.

The art element “Value” is also known as tone or gray scale

Light creates highlights, mid-tones and shadows

Contrast is the arrangement of light and dark

High contrast has more black and white; low contrast has more gray values

Tints, Tones and Shades

Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism

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