VALUE: Rhythm and Repetition

Ma Samson

Students continued working on the R and R project for the first two hours of class. After a critique they did some touch up work before the lecture on Value and Space. In the last half hour, students started their designs for the Flattened Space painting.
In the drawing above, Ma has created a space opening onto another like the parting of clouds revealing the blue sky behind. Her whimsical shapes suggest a playful, joyous and fantastical space complemented by her use of high key values.  Furthermore, the overlapping shapes, gradations and cast shadows create a sense of depth. Whereas, the flat, closed-values push back the negative areas adding a sense of transparency as well as clarity.