It's been a while since I've done this type of assignments for composition as I usually color first, then apply a B&W colour correct to check out my contrast values. Definitively need to to figure out improving the details without looing the shapes of the elements, which could be easier with a different brush texture.

Exploring the simplified values definitely helped think about composition

wow, i do value studies everyday, but doing them this limited way really opened up some idea for venues. The original comp is made wonderfully , however if i am to choose i'd choose the bottom left. For me it keeps the same comp focal point but changing the mood. The person near to us is being lit instead of darkness and the man in silhouette is still mysterious as original comp. In the pic, it feels the man is being stalked, my picked comp keeps the same story but instead of sneakily following, it feels the man is being followed in broad daylight.

I’m not sure if I did the assignment right. I thought I was supposed to reverse the light and shadow, but I stuck with what the camera actually captured, and I honestly don’t know if that was a good or bad choice.

It’s heartening to see my confidence in making shape decisions go up a little bit from the first study to the last. It gets less fuzzy.

I thought maybe I simplified the first one too much, so I decided to do one more with a bit more detail. I like that they feel quite different with just some changes in value! I've done some value studies but not in this way of changing the order(?) of things. This was fun to do!

I was a little hesitant about posting at first, but once i decided to go for it, i realized it was the best choice. It put me in a mindset of accountability and allowed me to complete the assignment to the end. One thing that helped me was establishing the color for each tone and literally creating a legend for each of them. Whenever i had doubts or felt confused, i would look at the tones and then at the drawing to figure out the best way to communicate the form of the subject i was trying to draw. It wasn’t easy at all, but it allowed me to create a thumbnail in a way i most likely wouldn't have thought of otherwise. I’m looking forward to your feedback.

Definitely challenging to group areas together and resist the natural inclination add details. Really interesting to simplify a whole scene into just three values. Loving the course so far. Really excited for the journey ahead!

Here is my value study. This was an interesting and challenging assignment. I enjoyed it, even though I got caught up a bit in the details and had to make myself stop adding more information that wasn’t relevant.

Here is mine. I did watch The Third Man before starting and it was a great lesson on values. Especially the opening. Values is a subject I am always wrestling with lately. But after a bit of trepidation I gave it a shot.

Took a 3 weeks leave from drawing and man was this rough as a first assignment. Cold turkey like that I was having so much trouble just simplifying things and I won't comment on keeping the values consistent. Will maybe do this again at a later date, want to get on with the course since I just can't seem to get on with my personal projects.

hopefully not reposting this but it doesn't look like me first one went through. i found this project really useful and thought provoking as someone who tends to struggle with having clear value distinctions in their work.

While consistently hearing about the importance of value studies and playing with lights and shadows this was an aha moment for me. although I feel that I didn't commit to the inversion of the tones.

Just removed some things here, thought it'd read better this way!

I find it very interesting what colors and values do for an image. I also would like to learn to work with limited colors, because there is often something powerful and graphic about it. It feels unnatural to make trees red or skin yellow (or grey as with this assignment), but the result can still work or be interesting.

I've never done an exercise like this before, and I have to admit it can be quite confusing at times, but here's my attempt.

Hello, here is my submission for this assignment. I did the first one while following along with the lecture and then tried again with the second one, referencing ever so often, while with the last one I tried my best to finish it first before looking back at what I did before. I did have difficulties figuring out where to place what value to make the picture read better while also trying to keep the shapes simple and clean, avoiding rendering. Since abstraction is something I struggle with, I will definitely keep trying. This exercise was challenging for me, but I enjoyed it.

Unfortunately I struggle with finding the time, but it was a lot of fun

A really fun exercise ! Im definitely going to keep doing this as practice