My September in person workshop is now filled. If you wish to be added to the wait list (should someone cancel) send an email to [email protected].
Sometimes we think of gradation as something we do to show volume, but there's a lot more to it. To begin with, gradation is a tool we use to create the effect of gradual change. For gradating colors and
values, the painting skill we use to show that is blending. The principle of gradation is a law of nature, like all principles are. Laws govern how things work.
THE WORLD WITHOUT THE LAW OF GRADATION
Without that law of nature of value and color, here's how things would appear to us:
But that's not all, gradation happens with the size of things as they move into distance. We call that linear perspective.
It happens with textures as they, too, move onto distance.
And it is no surprise to the artist that gradation of value show volume, whether as artists we show it in a continuous blend or in intervals of change in value.
NOW, THERE'S EVEN MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
Enjoy a weekend of finding gradations!
During my Language of Painting series, I explained the role of our visual elements. If you'd like to review those roles to better understand the behavior of elements, here are the links to each of those
discussions: Color --Value -- Shape -- Texture -- Size -- Line and Direction
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