Don't Be Afraid of the Dark!

As we head into our next unit, Artists Steal, I thought it might be a good time to learn a very important art rule... Don't be afraid of the dark!

Yes, contrast can be our friend but sometimes art students can be a little intimidated by the dark. For this two day value and shading bootcamp, we "stole" a portrait we were interested in duplicating.

"What!? You just snagged a pic off the net?" Well, yes. Because this is a workshop on contrast and little else. Focus people.

So here is a look at few of these exercises. This group had no problem and I'm pretty sure from now on none of them will be afraid of the dark.