Adventure Series 1

Adventure Series 1

Episode List

Three Ways to Learn
Magic Ingredient
Finding Your Intentions
Introduction to Value Planes
Value and Idea Finding - Mountain Scene
Ten Lines
Line Variety and Integrity
Tree Shapes and Form
Value Extremes as a Design Technique
Drawing Trees
Understanding Green
Changing Color - Keep the Value
Finding Values in Your Palette
Keying with Two Values
Idea Finding and Producing an Idea - Part One
Idea Finding and Producing an Idea - Part Two
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Adventure Series 1

Introduction to Value Planes

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Scott explains the John F. Calrson four value plane model.

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John F. Carlson developed this concept and you can find a more elaborate explanation in Chapter 3 of his book Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting.

From lightest to darkest, the four value planes in a landscape are:

  • Sky
  • Ground (horizontal plane)
  • Slanted (mountains, rocks, etc.)
  • Upright (vertical, often trees)

Notes:

  • Understand that most light comes from the sky, therefore the sky is usually the lightest plane.
  • Darks are usually the uprights that get less light.
  • Carlson's guide is simply a jumping off point and we will go into more examples of this in later series. These Carlson rules are not always the case but are pretty common.
  • You will see other value videos of how values are taken apart and put back together in a variety of ways in the value and composition category.

Value numbers* used in this drawing:

  • #8: Darkest uprights
  • #4: Slanted planes
  • #2: Ground plane and sky

*Reference back to our value scale lesson in "Getting Started" to understand value scale numbers.

With the value markers, make a 4 value landscape chart for use as reference in your drawing journal.

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  • Drawing Journal
  • Value Markers

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