12/16 Value Ornaments

Our last project will be a seasonal one.  I love working on black paper. I think it makes a dramatic piece. We will be using oil pastels to draw in the evergreen branches.  I blended two greens and a dark blue for the needles.  The ornaments will be drawn on white paper with crayons or colored pencils.  We will be adding value.  We worked with value on our very first project in September.  Value is an important art element and worth repeating.  Value makes a flat, 2 dimensional piece look 3 dimensional.  It can help show perspective, light in front, darker in back.  It helps create texture with the play of lights and darks.  When used in a pattern, it leads the viewer's eye around the piece. 

Sorry for the washed out colors.  The sample looks much better in person!