Every artist knows that values and emotion are where it’s at. Other elements, drawing, color, edges, can be less than perfect, yet if you have strong values and a design that captures personal feelings your art will be more successful.

'Value Sketching With Markers' will ease the journey getting there. Using this method you can quickly capture the emotion that drew you to a scene, person or still life. The ability to simplify values and shapes can turn the ordinary into a work of art. Markers, by using a limited value range, help you to see with that simplicity and their speed helps to capture that initial emotion. This book will show you how.

Value Sketching With Markers, A Guide for Rapidly Turning the Visual World into Artistic Ideas by Darrell Anderson. Copyright 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4507-2416-6.