Sketching-People

COMPRESSING VALUES
Once the light and dark areas have been designed, a value
range for each needs to be determined. If most of the image
is in the light area, most of your values will be used in that
area—say, white through 70 percent black. This leaves only
30 percent of the total value range to be used exclusively
in the shadow areas.
This asymmetrical balance is called compressing the
values. Avoid dividing the value range into two equal halves
with 50 percent in the light and 50 percent in the shadow
areas because it lessens the drama the values can convey.
VALUE SCALES
Practice making value scales that go from
your whitest white to darkest dark.