How to Read a Painting

Hari ini kepenatan. Selepas terkejar-kejar memandu ke pusat bandaraya negara untuk penghantaran dokumen tender, bergegas pula perlahan-lahan ke pinggir bandaraya satelit. Balik ke pejabat, terasa hendak minum pula.

Kerja yang separa siap seawal pagi tadi sudah dilunaskan. Masa yang terhidang ini diguna untuk mempertajamkan kemahiran yang tidak seberapa.

Foto spontan posse anak lelaki menjadi bahan ujikaji. Diambil menggunakan kamera digital Kodak Easyshare. Lokasi hanya di ruang tengah rumah. Manipulasi hasil janaan Photoshop CS2. Crop, Blur, Glow, Level dan segala macam pilihan filter yang ada diaplikasikan.
Hasilnya? Hmmm... bolehlah untuk rasa seronok sendiri.

Value is the difference in tones of light and dark. Light tones are "high" in value, dark tones are "low" in value.
Values create form, the shape of the image and a sense of volume or 3-dimensionality.
The use of different kinds of lines and dots, alone or in groups, and cross-hatching can also create tonal values & texture.

A value scale is a series of steps from pure white to black with thousands of grays in between.

When light falls on an object, Five Tone Values emerge:

• Body tone - the color value of the object.
  
• Body shadow - the shadow that lies on the crest or curve of a rounded form as it turns away from the light.
  
• Cast shadow - the darkest shadow; an object blocks the light and a cast shadow is created behind the object.
  
• Reflected light - a dim light that is bounced back onto an object as passes by it causing light to fall on surfaces around object.
  
• Highlight - the brightest light; the light that falls most directly on an object.

via Santora Fine Art