Terri,
What grade level ? and do you have a strong light to bring out the
contrast.
It takes a while to train one's eyes to see the value changes that
artists see.
Woody
On Oct 26, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Boots13@aol.com wrote:
> Hello All....Does anyone have any tips on how I should explain how
> to use
> charcoal for shading and adding value to a still life?
> I have been struggling a little..we are will be working on a value
> scale in
> pencil where they practice all of the 4 techniques of shading
> (stippling,
> blending, cross-hatching, and hatching) it has been going pretty
> well. But then
> when they go and apply it to their objects they all get confused
> including
> myself on what I really am asking them to do?
>
> Any suggestions?
> Thanks!
> terri
> NYC
Woody, Retired in Albuquerque
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