Using Contrast

I never noticed how important contrast was until I came across the chapter "Values" in the book Drawing for the absolute beginner. This chapter shows how you need contrast to show the differences between the subject and background, just like a photograph you need to focus on the subject and blur the background out. "Values are the degrees of light and darkness in a drawing. They give additional dorm and depth" (Willenbrink 48).



This drawing is about wood and how contrast separates it from the rest of the picture. Also shows how dark the space is below the wood.

Do you think that having a lot of contrast in a drawing in a picture gives it depth and makes the subject stand out?

Willenbrink, Mark, and Mary Willenbrink. Drawing for the Absolute Beginner: a Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Drawing. North Light Books, 2006.