As an art instructor, I get most proud and excited when a student turns in a very smart and effective value study.
Example of the power of values: this painting by the great Marcin Jakubowski.

Check out the super vibrant color version!

Now the BnW version. WOW! Super grouped midtone values. That shouldn& #39;t work, but he used color contrast instead to make a night scene SEEM bright. SORCERY.
I& #39;ll cap this thought off with an idea I believe strongly in:

Learning to Draw and paint well is a relatively straight forward path.

Learning to be a great picture maker is far harder and takes much more study and hopefully the benefit of solid instruction.
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