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Understanding and Using Value with Bill Perkins

Understanding and Using Value
An Introduction to Using Value Use value scales and a value matrix to simplify an image

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Instructor
Bill Perkins
Subjects
Drawing
Topics
Composition, Landscape
Mediums
Charcoal Pencil, Conté
Duration
1h 32m 48s

In this lesson, master designer Bill Perkins will show you how to use value to strengthen the compositional designs and readability of your landscape drawings. You will learn how to use value matrix, a powerful tool that allows you to quickly simplify the values within any image.

This lesson belongs to the course Drawing Foundations II. This course is designed to empower new students with a structured approach to learning how to draw. Join instructors Bill Perkins, John Asaro, and Mark Westermoe as you learn the fundamentals of figure and cast drawing, understand values, study major and minor keys, and take the first look at the landscape drawing genre. After completing this course, you will develop a solid foundation in drawing any subject matter.

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