Value Balance

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Prior to painting, we normally make a pencil drawing. This is made of lines, and is known as Line Composition. Though it may appear quite pretty as a drawing, it may not stand out so much after painting-the reason being that we have not been thinking in terms of value composition.

The colors used also have values corresponding with their tones. When different tones are placed in relation to one another, different shapes are generated which affect the composition.

While line composition is seen in the top picture, the figure below it shows changes brought about by adding tonal values.

The shapes generated in a painting by tonal values should balance one another. There are three major tones seen in a painting-Dark tones (Black), Middle tones (Grey) and Light tones (White).

The dark of the middle windows and the small dark patches of the left and right doors and elsewhere balance each other. The middle and light tones are not that dispersed. The shapes generated by them are adjacent and complementary to each other.



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