Value Grouping

Hey guys,

I was watching a video by artist and teacher Dorian Iten, who is insanely good.

It was about using a limited value-range when do a painting or a study. This is a great way to get out of the habit of trying to copy what the reference is presenting. I actually found this to be helpful a couple of posts back, where I painted portraits with 4 - 5 pre-chosen colors. But it is great to see it taught by someone like Dorian.

What I found new and interesting about it, was the concept of using colors from the light-family, to describe shadows, that are lit by a lot of surrounding sources. He makes that very clear at 1:04:07 in the video. Just watch.

To solidify the information I made a value study of a portrait. I tried to keep to my swatches for the value groups.

Hope you like it :)

Some other studies I did :)

The one about composition was very interesting, since I rarely think about the abstract shape of the things I put in my images and I should do it more.