Light Mid Colours And Darks

[jump11]

Hi How Much Light Grays And Darks
Do You Need In A Painting
And How Can This Be Achived Easerly
From Paul

[claude j greengrass]

For me, ti depends on what you are painting. In most landscapes I paint, the darks are generally less than 5% and unless a overcast day, a rainy scene, or evening/night scene, may contain 0% greys.

Ask an open ended question, get a open ended answer. YMMV

[creativechrissy]

If your question is more relating to tone rather than actual grey colour, dont have an even distribution of light, med and dark grey areas. Uneven quantity of contrast makes for a more interesting picture.

I think you need to provide more information about what your painting and wanting to achieve

[sharkbarf]

First you need to learn the terms. I think your asking about Values.

Make yourself a value scale; White being 1, Black being 10, and mix all of the "grey's" so that they fit evenly between.

The values you use will really depend on the situation.
In a landscape for example anything above an 8, color won't read well.
For a Graffiti piece you could use only 1 and 10 for maximum contrast.

Id suggest doing some studies monochromatically (one color) to better understand your values. Most artist say value is the single most important thing.