How To See in Value - Part 1: Observation Strategies 

OMG The timing on me squinting and you changing it to black and white was so perfect! like holy shit i thought i went color blind for a moment!

instead of squinting I just have to take off my glasses o.o

You're welcome Ash! Yes value is king and is the first step. Look at the great colorist of the past. Monet, Sorrolla, Sargent. All were excellent in value and tonal composition. That's not by accident :)

this was really VALUEable information!

Oh my gosh. This helped me so much. I have been trying to figure this out for a while, and this is the first explanation I have seen where I am beginning to understand it. Thank you so much.

Thank you for your video, knowlege, no music and soft voice!

I've watched other vids about value but still can't put it into practice no matter how hard I try. This is the only video that teached me HOW to see in value. Agh, and to think that it is as simple as squinting! I practiced earlier and saw how I improved a lot immediately. Thank you so much! No words can measure the amount of gratitude I feel ;v; Will definitely check out more of your vids!

thank you for focusing on the importance of values and breaking it down into simple steps to learn (for a beginner like me). Very nicely done. Thank you.

Thanks for your explanation, I am a portrait artist, and to squint is more than important to me, for the first step.

Really helpful. This is definitely my weak area, I bet a lot of artists struggle with values. I'm going to watch the next video!

Yes, clear teaching! Yes, the voice! Now I I have to see your website. Can you read it to me? 🤗

Excellent explanation! Thank you! I'm able to grasp the concept of value when it's explained and pointed out to me, but still struggle to see values on my own. The steps you laid out are very helpful, particularly looking for borders. Thanks again!

Thank you so much Chris; the pure black and pure white reference trick is helping me out a lot.

You're welcome. Good value observation takes a little practice. Stay tuned for the next videos in this series. It will really help you with your tones.

Thank you for putting this video up, I've been studying art for years now but its always useful to watch videos like this as a refresher. Really helpful :)

Thank you for making this so simple and easy to grasp.

Thank you so much for uploading this. I always have problem with values and tones.

thank you. you explain it so well!

Thank you this has made a lot of sense to me now and has given me some useful tools

It's always good to review good fundamentals :)

Great demo! It's ver helpful, no matter if you are beginner or advanced artist, the principles never change

Thanks, thanks, thanks...I've never understood seeing in value and feel really stupid. You've helped me so much in 8 minutes after years of trying to get it.

wow you really explain so well.. Thanks so much

Very nice, helped me a ton. Thank you for this!

Thanks! Yeah I agree. You can never get enough of good information. Esp. good fundamentals :)

thanks alot for doing these, even if everything isn't new, I am sure it will be for some

thank you so much this really helps full... blurring our eye is very easy to see different in value but the brain always lie...

Very helpful and informative! Thank you so much

Great tips Chris, thank you.

Thanks! I wanted to jump into coloring but I first gotta learn values.

Chris your explanation and video is absolutely amazing. Like everyone said your voice is very soothing and meditative like.

ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO!!! THANK YOU

Thank you for sharing these helpful tips!

Thanks for this video, it is help me in my coffee painting

Very informative. Thank you!

Subscribed because of this vid. Thanks Chris.

So helpful and Well explained Thank you!!

Good explanation, Very helpful, thanks

Thanks! Will do.

This is a very good lecture. Information is very helpful and presented in very clear format.

Thank you very much Chris

excellent! Many thank yous!!

Great info to spread around- keep up the good work!

wow I learned a lot, thank you very much

Cool thank you! Will do.

So helpful! Thank you

thank you . I enjoyed your tutorial very very much.

This is so cool/helpful! Thank you so much!!!

Thank you Chris.

Excellent video. Thanks Chris

thank you i reallly understand more about values... can you explain about plains... thank you

True yeah :) the center squares should be smaller

Love your videos. Thaught me so much already

That was phreaking helpful!

Thanks! Share your work sometime. Let me know if you were able to apply the information.

Thanks!

Very interesting! Thank you, man!

Thank You

How why, why does squinting work

Thanks brother

Thank you so much, Chris! I really wanted to go to your website and read and watch more but 1) Your site keeps redirecting so I couldn’t get there. 2) When I change my settings to prevent that redirecting to spam, I landed on a site, same name as yours but totally unrelated. It looks like your site has been hijacked. Do you have another site to go read more about what you explain? Thank you! Nathalie

I had an art teacher that sounds just like you. When the video started i was like when did my art teacher start making RU-vid videos lol

Brilliant !

sir can you tell me how you do squinting in Photoshop? thank you

Yes, squinting works but man the wrinkles....I don’t want premature aging. A better solution is to cut a pin size hole on a piece of paper and look through it or look through your fingers.

Great video, thank you

that was a terrific video!!!

hi, can i take this video and translate on russian language, then upload on youtube. In the description I will indicate a link to your channel, of course.

LIght house in Kauai... :) I have the same photo!

CTRL+Y on photoshop too : ) !

open photoshop > import image > desaturated > blur effect > save > done

I wonder if some people have an ability seeing "perfect value" and "relative value" Yknow just like ppl who have perfect pitch or only relative pitch

If I squint my eyes become tired instantly XD Jk. I mean you can use the diffusion filter in gimp or a matte sea-through folder to cover your scene to simulate the effect of squinting.

Algum artista brasileiro aqui? Hehe

Oh no, I can't see the illusion anymore :(

My eyebrows keep getting in the way.

This is sooo helpful! Thanks a lot. also is it just me or does he sound like a knock of version of Donald Trump.

This is what non artist call the artistic eye.... It's called practicing value duntc.

you kind of sound like donald trump sometimes

"You had me at squinting" :P The moment I tried it, I was like Woah, I seeeeee!

thank you

Good info, but your FRESHDESIGNER.COM goes to an ad page, disappointing, link and website not there

Your voice is so soothing and gentle. Honey drops. I have a crush on you because of your voice. I don't even know how you look. :D Oh and the lecture was awesome! Have been looking for a real class on values and tones. This was so good. Thank you.

I’ve found the first technique by chance and taught i was crazy

Excellent video and demonstration! So much better than other ‘pro’ tips on youtube :)

This video gave to me a valuable knowledge. Thank you so much! Now i'm a subscribe.

It's vary helpfull brother

really useful, thanks so much

Very helpful!

Very helpful video ... nailed it 👍🏼

Man thank you. VALUE is always good!

“Simply ignore the colour information” 😂

When I squinted you turned off the colour, I was almost like woaaah! This really works haha God be with you

Whhhy i cannnn noot understand 🥲

After many attempts, i understand squinting, actually. Thank you.

Holy, your video trained me to see values so well in such a short time that the optical ilusion at the end didnt work:DD

Something wrong with your website? Can't find any article.

Best explanation I have seen! I had multiple AH HA moments! Thank you please continue teaching.

Website domain no longer belongs to our friend Chris XD

Nice Tutorial! Thank you.