CHAPTER 11FINISHING DETAILS: LIGHT AND SHADOWS
Chapter after chapter of gesture and structure practice, and still we haven’t done much with shadows. It’s time.
Shadows are corners. Their dark values tie the elements of a composition together and give it weight.
different value = different plane
Study of a Male Nude, c. 1715, Giambattista Piazzetta (1683–754). Black chalk heightened with white on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts/Bridgeman Images.
The Darks Stay Dark
Remember, the darks stay dark and the lights stay light, and the two don’t compete. We use the squint test to see the model (or the reference) in the same manner.
The artist is ...
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