The Importance of Values and Gradation in Landscape Art

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Instructor: Steve Huston
Subjects: Drawing
Topics: Landscape
Mediums: Chalk, Charcoal, Marker
Duration: 1h 54s

In this lesson, instructor Steve Huston will lecture on how to work with gradation to strengthen landscape compositions. You will learn to apply the 3-value system in your artwork and control values to help design forms.

This lesson belongs to the course Introduction to Landscape Drawing. In this crash course, Steve Huston will overview the principles of landscape drawing. You will learn how to use the concepts of gesture and structure in landscape art. You will explore the basic strategies to achieve effective compositional designs. Steve will show you how to apply the laws of light to drawing landscape scenes. After this course, you will be able to make strong design choices in your artwork.

Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.

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