Teen Value Ornaments

This week the teens learned about value and made value driven ornaments.

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Value Lesson

Value: Value is the amount of light reflected from the surface. Value creates depth in a picture making the object look 3 D.

We started by sketching a basic sphere and a five-value scale.  We talked about the different kinds of values such as:

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Highlight: Brightest spot where the direct light hits the object.

Light: As the surface curves it gets less light and thus becomes darker.

Shadow: The side away from the light source that does not receive any direct light. It is not completely black because it does receive light from the surroundings.

Reflected light: The light that bounces off the surface the object is sitting on.

Cast Shadow: Darkest dark that gets lighter as it moves away from the object.

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We then created our value ornaments with chalk pastels.

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We cut them out and glued them to black paper and added finishing details with a gold sharpie and oil pastels.  They turned out beautiful.

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