The Daily Yupari | LEARNING TO SEE VALUE - Painting a Value Study

In today's video we will be creating a small value study. No need to worry, this is certainly not going to be the finished painting. I find that creating these simple abstract value studies is incredibly useful for the final painting. It is useful because through its simplicity it actually answers one of the most complex questions of all. That is, how will all these shapes relate to one another in simple tone? Believe it or not, but that is my main struggle in my studio work.

Tomorrow we will return to the transfer drawing and correct some drawing mistakes directly on the transfer paper. After that we will prepare it for the transfer and begin work on the underpainting.

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The materials used in this video are listed below,

Oil Paints

Lukas- Titanium White
Winsor & Newton- Lamp Black

Thinner/Brush Cleaner: Chelsea Classical Studio Citrus Essence

Panel: 12x12” Mdf panel gessoed with Liquiex Professional Acrylic Gesso (2 coats) and toned with a mixture of gesso and burnt umber acrylic paint.

Brushes Used:
Princeton Summit 2 Round 6100R
Master's Touch size 1 round
Princeton Select 2 Fan brush

[yess.]

Amazing video! I find it very... Valuable!

[laragutierrez]

It's my first time doing a digital value study. My learnings from that crystallized when i watched this demo. It really is about recognition of and the relationships of those values. Starting with big shapes. Arranging the midtone, extreme dark and light, then figuring out where the in-betweens go exactly. Something inside my beginner brain clicked. I dont need to be overwhelmed by every single value in apicture after all!!! Also it's tempting to just head straight towards the colors. This further grounded me on where i am in my learning process. Thank you very much

[stephengreico]

Just the video that most ppl who struggle with this need
I can not wait to sit down later and absorb this one
Thank You Yupari!

[YotaStyle]

Oh my goodness, I need to watch this tonight!! Thank you Yupari for your excellent videos!!! Ponayota

[randym]

Yes on the color study!, I struggle with n
Matching colors

[crisalidathomassie]

Thanks for the video. It was great. The background excellent with the lighter area in the left corner. Lamp black is great, it is bright rich black, transparent and a great black to work with. I would love to see a video on edges if possible. Thanks again for the great teachings!

[joseluisderivera]

Very useful demo. I needed to remember this. Thanks fore sharing. All the best for you

[dagoelius]

Thankyou for dropping tips for beginners too. :)

[annedeguernon]

Amazing video yupari, thank you so much, it's so difficult to see the various values.

[yeahaboutthatthough]

The main difference between ivory black and lamp black for me is that lamp black comes across warmer or slightly muddy, whereas there is a certain amount of clarity with Ivory or even jet black.

[randym]

I like the background gradient brings her to the front significantly

[borealiswan]

Isn't lamp black a bit warmer than ivory black ? And yes to the colour study, thanks

[axel]

Yupari i use to draw with white general pencil charcoal, do u have any other white pencil reccomendation that is similar to that?

[miked]

i have never heard of lamp black..is this like mars black? we use ivory and mars in the classes i teach.

[brett]

Yes on color study, I struggle with matching color with actual picture it always seems to look ghostly even if using actual color.