To practice the different ways to create value scales, we used the shadowed background of a three-letter word. The positive space (words) is occupied by white letters, while the negative space (the background) is filled in pencil with three different types of value: with the pressure of the pencil, with the cross-hatch, and with the superimposition of random tangles.
To “write” the brief words, we used masking tape, in order to define the spaces that are being shaded. Once finished the value, we gently removed the tape and our white words appear out of nowhere!
