08-28-2013, 08:17 AM
Hi Egbu. Looking at those last two value sketches I think you're using too narrow a range of mid values which makes everything look too gray and washed out. You could do with some really dark values in there. Try creating a palette of four values; a dark, a light and two values between the two. Don't blend them, just try breaking everything down into those four distinct values. For really good practice try painting still life using just four values.