I heard this lesson from Kurt Huggins of Teethering Bulb when I attended his girlfriend Zelda’s workshop a few months ago. Unfortunately I do not remember where Kurt said he heard it from.

There is a rule of four values in landscape compositions and it is as follows:

The sky is always the lightest value, even at night time. After the sky comes the ground, it is the second lightest. Then comes incline planes, such as hills, and the darkest value will always be objects such as trees.
So from light to dark it is:

1. Sky
2. Ground
3. Incline Planes
4. Trees

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Wicked Fairytale – Artwork by Kiri Østergaard Leonard

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• Print size: 8.5″ x 11″ acid free archival art print.
• Black Mat size: 11″ x 14″
• Signed on the back of print by Shoushan
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• Shoushan’s art is collected and licensed worldwide through galleries and commercial licensing agencies and tradeshows.

Illustration print with black mat ~ by Shoushan
(Archival, Acid Free ~ Print size: 8.5″ x 11″ and Mat size: 11″ x 14″) Signed on the back of print.
Print arrives carefully packaged and in sealed poly sleeve.
Shoushan’s art is collected and licensed worldwide through galleries

and commercial licensing agencies and tradeshows.

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Price: $ 11.99