Commitment: the state of being emotionally impelled to do something. My commitment is to making art, loving life and doing well.

Daily Drawings... a challenge for 2011: Be in front of the drawing paper with a pencil in my hand every morning.
What experiments, what risk-taking and what rituals will I find?

Friday, November 4, 2011

Preliminary Drawing - Pinware River 4 - Value Sketch

Preliminary Drawing for Bones of the Earth series
"Pinware River 4, Labrador" Value Sketch

graphite on paper, 9" x 14"


One way for an artist to check that a composition will work in a finished painting is to do a preliminary value sketch in tones of black and white. The artist ensures that areas of one tone lie against areas of contrasting tone.

Textures and details are not important in a value sketch, just placing tonal masses so that the composition reads well.
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