@fosco

Paintover

Hey! You did it great! :D If you're going to stick to using 2 values only, don't hesitate to draw a bit of the contour of the object to give more information about the shape; otherwise, it would be hard to separate the object from the the BG since both are white. If you want to add a third value, analyze your reference first and see where there's more information, either in the light or in the dark. If the light in the picture is too overexposed, then add the third value in the shadows and vice versa; if the shadows are too dark, then add the third value on the light side. The goal of the third value is to help you control either the lights or the darks. Look for Jourdan Tuffan on youtube, he has a video about understand painting with three values. Hope this helps!

@hannahljp

Paintover

That's a really common struggle, values can also seem lighter/darker depending on the values that surround them which makes this a pretty tricky challenge! For this drawover I tried to use the value (A) as my threshold between dark and light. It can help to paint a swatch like that off to the side and compare the values to that midtone to see whether it is darker or lighter. Secondly I look at contrast for clues as well. The light edge of the glass has a bigger contrast with the background (1) than the shadow side of the bottle with the background (2). So If I want to try to recreate a closer readability of this reference photo I should have that divide (1) or merge those two shapes (2)! c: Try to squint while looking at your reference picture and see where you find the most contrast/what shapes you see! I hope this helped you out!! c: