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I love how precise and thoughtful these are, Marta -- nice work. Great value scale. My main comment is to push the values just a little farther so they're distributed everywhere... in the still life for example, the table isn't white, it's more like a 3 value. The white cups and the highlights on the fruit are really the only whites, so everything else must have some value by contrast. For the figure, it helps to look at the space around the figure as you draw -- referred to as negative space -- which will help you see and draw the angle of the figure. well done!

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Nice work Isabella -- I won't say too much here because I've talked about your work in the next module's sketchbook instructions. If you squint at your paintings, the still life for example, you'll see that there is a lot of value in the background, i.e. it's pretty dark, which is what makes the little white dish appear so bright and come forward. Try to take your time and be diligent with the process -- it really helps us see and understand work more thoroughly. keep it up!

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Not too much to say, Dagny -- very nice value scale and good work both simplifying the paintings into shapes and identifying values. Really try to squint and be diligent when you decide what value something has. In the still life, the only "white" (0 or 1 value) are the eggs, so everything else is pretty dark by comparison. Likewise with the second painting -- do you see how her dress is like one big white shape which means that the doorway behind the figures is really like a 3, 4, or even 5 value? That's what helps bring the figures forward. Nice work!

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Nice work Megan! Your value scale works really well and you've simplified the images nicely into small shapes. My only suggestion is to be diligent about distributing value throughout the entire second thumbnail -- so every aspect has some value. (Perhaps only the white of her sleeve and the white of the flowers in image #2 will really be the white of your paper; every other spot on the sketch should have some value.) So you're off to a really good start with your second thumbnails but they could be pushed just a bit further. Well done!

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Great to see the way you've simplified these into simple and very readable shapes, Whitley. Nice value scale too; your 6 & 7 values are too similar so you could probably use another value in between steps 1-2 or 2-3. Two suggestions: Try next time to draw a little bit lighter, with less pressure on your drawing tool (I'm not sure if you're drawing in pencil or ballpoint pen?). Leave your lines a little more open rather than closed, so you feel free to change if you want to. Also, as I mention in the next module's instructions, draw the borders of your thumbnail freehand in the middle of your page (i.e don't use the paper edge as one of your borders) so you can change them as needed). Another  thing I notice about the still life for example is that the background and the lower part of the painting are very similar in value -- perhaps slightly darker below but not  by a lot.  Good effort!

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What great little sketches, and good work capturing the overall composition, Gabriel! Nice value scale too in general, though the value should extend all the way to the edge of the square (as I mention in the next module's instructions). My one suggestion is that with the "Draughtsman" painting for example, that you really put the value down accurately. You've seen the dark accents, but the rest is quite light in your sketch. But when I squint at the painting in relation to your value scale, I see for example that the entire background is about a 4-5 value, and his hat is a 7 or so. This will push them just a little bit further. I hope you're pleased with them--well done!

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good effort Sydney, a nice job simplifying a fairly complex painting (the figure) with several cylinders into simple shapes. A few comments: try to lighten your touch when you do your value scale next time, and fill in the entire space with small, gentle, circular movements with your pencil. Don't press too hard -- you can think of it as a sort of meditation. Your second thumbnail should be filled with value -- there should be some value everywhere in the sketch, just as in the painting, and your value scale can guide you as you assign each shape its value. In painting #2 for example, she is very light compared to her very dark background. Look around at other students' work for ideas. We'll continue the same concept next time, so you'll have a chance to try again, pushing it a bit farther!

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Nice job Brian -- my main suggestion is to work a bit more slowly. Also, rather than simply divide your page in half (in which case your borders are pre-determined for you), consciously establish your own borders in the middle of the page so that you deliberately choose the dimensions based on what you see in the painting; you can then change and adjust them if need be.
In terms of thumbnail #2 in which you distribute value, note that the glass and the background are almost identical in value. Sometimes the outline of something disappears, in which case you don't need to include it.
So again, slow down and try to be patient. Look around to your peers for ideas. You're off to a good start!

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Still Life Copper Cauldron with Eggs

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The Young Draughtsman 1737

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Value, The young Draughtsman 1737     Still Life with Copper Cauldron and Eggs

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Value, The young Draughtsman 1737     Still Life with Copper Cauldron and Eggs

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Jean- Baptiste- Siméon Chardin (Paris 1699-1779) | The Embroiderer ...
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jean-siméon chardin figure - Google Search

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Pears, Walnuts and Glass of Wine

Produced by: François d'Artemare, Maria João Mayer

A young man under house arrest spends his time in the best way he can by making some tattoos. His relative peace is strangely disturbed when he's attacked and robbed by three kids from the neighborhood. From then on, he'll try to find the kids who took his money and maybe give them a lesson. But with those actions, comes the reflection of how things were and are in this place filled with violence and hostility.

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Pears, Walnuts and Glass of Wine, c.1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - WikiArt.org

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Pears, Walnuts and Glass of Wine Produced by: François d'Artemare, Maria João Mayer A young man under house arrest spends his time in the best way he can by making some tattoos. His relative peace is strangely disturbed when he's attacked and robbed by three kids from the neighborhood.

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good value scale example -- note the gradual transitions. pencil, ballpoint pen

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another good value scale using diagonal cross-hatching

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nice value scales using crosshatching and simple approach to the head and face -- don't worry about the details today!

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very nice value scale with smooth transitions ... drawings could be more simplified and there should be more value on the 2nd drawing.

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STEP 1:
Use your pencil and/or drawing tool of choice to create an 8-step VALUE SCALE.
STEP 2:
Choose 2 paintings by Jean-Siméon Chardin, one still life and one figurative.
Create two thumbnail sketches of each painting (4 total):

Thumbnail #1: Break down the painting into all of its basic shapes.

Thumbnail #2: Analyze the arrangement of value in the painting. "Assign" each shape a value, from 0 to 8. Make sure EVERY part of the painting is assigned some value.

STEP 3: Upload your value scale plus your thumbnails into the column with your name on it, along with images of the painting you looked at.