Values: light to dark

Beginner Watercolor Tutorial How to do a Value Scale

Studio · Foundations · lesson 7

How light or dark something is matters more than its colour. A value scale trains your eye and your water control at the same time.

Watch: Beginner Watercolor Tutorial How to do a Value Scale
Mallery Jane

A 5-step value scale in Sepia. Then paint your apple again in Sepia only, with a cast shadow.

Then: A photo of the scale and the one-colour apple. Squint at it: does it look round?

What you'll need

Suggested colour	One colour: Sepia (Pébéo), or Burnt Umber + a touch of Ivory Black
Suggested brush	Value scale and apple: Your medium quill/mop

These supplies aren't in the video description, so they're suggestions from my own kit. The video description doesn't include paints or brushes in the description for this video.

Backup video: Creating A Five Step Value Scale In Watercolor · Watercolor Methods With Tony Conner